Edited comps.xml - now what?

[Dan Trainor]

Klaus Steden wrote:
>>Hello, all -
>>
>>I've used many suggestions that you guys have provided over the last few
>>weeks to create a distribution that I am comfortable with.  However, I'd
>>like to take it one step further here.
>>
>>I have created a comps.xml file that I am happy with.  It's my
>>understanding that this file is referenced to 'RedHat/Base/hdlist{2}' to
>>map a package alias name against a real filename.
>>
>>Am I understanding things correctly that if I want to add my own
>>packages to comps.xml, I would somehow need to rebuild a
>>'RedHat/Base/hdlist{2}' file(s), including the package names of which I
>>would like to add?
>>
>>Documentation regarding anaconda-runtime is very sparse.  The best info
>>I've found came from mailing lists.  Right now, I'm plowing through the
>>anaconda-runtime files trying to see which steps I need to preform.  But
>>any help from you all would be great.
>>
> 
> Someone posted a link to a python script that fairly neatly encapsulates all
> the necessary steps (dependency checks, package ordering, and genhdlist) ... I
> don't have the link handy - but I've been using it for the last three weeks
> (with a few tweaks) and it's working for both 32 and 64-bit versions of RHEL4
> for me.
> 
> If you want a copy I can send you one.
> 
> hth,
> Klaus
> 

Thanks for responding, Klaus -

Mind just telling me the name of the script?  Perhaps I can google for
it and get some more information on it, such as some documentation.

I'd honestly like to fully understand the entire process, rather than
just use a script that does it all for me - however, the idea of an
all-in-one tool does sound very appealing.

Thanks!
-dant