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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