Guide to comps.xml and friends
dan
info at hostinthebox.net
Wed Jun 8 02:21:52 UTC 2005
Klaus Steden wrote:
>>'Evening, all -
>>
>>I've been working on creating my own comps.xml file for use with a
>>kickstart install, to make a fully custom mini distribution based on
>>CentOS and/or RHEL.
>>
>>Things are going well, and I'd be happy to publish the file for someone
>>else to use, if they would like.
>>
>>However, I was wondering if anyone has found, or has in their posession,
>>a comprehensive guide to comps.xml, detailing which packages have which
>>dependencies, which groups are inherited, which groups are required, the
>>true definition of each directive (<packagereq
>>type="[default][mandatory][optional]>, for instance)... stuff like that.
>> I'm sure that I can whip this out in maybe a few days, but I'd rather
>>not re-invent the wheel, ya know?
>>
>>I think that's about it for now. You guys have been very helpful over
>>the past couple months, and I greatly appreciate that and thank you all.
>>
>
> Dan,
>
> I found this page helpful (although not entirely comprehensive for my needs).
>
> http://penguin.triumf.ca/comps/
>
> hth,
> Klaus
>
Klaus -
THat's almost exactly what I'm looking for, but like you said, not as
comprehensive as we had hoped ;)
However, it is a good start.
Thanks!
-dant
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