Edited comps.xml - now what?

[Dan Trainor]

Dan Trainor wrote:
> Klaus Steden wrote:
> 
>>>>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.
>>>
>>
>>It was called 'do_update'.
>>
>>http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/do_update (thanks to my Firefox history!).
>>
>>Seems pretty straightforward - I haven't learned python yet, but it wasn't too
>>daunting.
>>
>>Klaus
>>
> 
> 
> Klaus -
> 
> Looks to be pretty neat.  Seems a bit out of date, but I think the
> concept remains the same.
> 
> However, I'm still looking for some documentation that clearly explains
> how the procedure is done - what to do after a comps.xml file is edited,
> how to create the hdlist files, etc etc.  I guess I'll keep searching
> here.  ANy feeback by others would also be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Again, thanks for the time!
> -dant
> 

Forgive me for letting these emails get out-of-sync.  I downloaded them
to my laptop at home, and have no way to retrieve them - but this was a
response, retreived rfom the kickstart-list archives, by Phil:

...snip...

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Dan Trainor wrote:

>However, I'm still looking for some documentation that clearly explains
>how the procedure is done - what to do after a comps.xml file is
>edited, how to create the hdlist files, etc etc.

genhdlist, also with (depending whether the anaconda bug still exists)
pkgorder. The exact incantations appear in the list archives.

...snip...

Phil -

I think you're correct, that genhdlist is my answer.  I still don't
understand exactly how it works.  And the exact incantations (nice word,
btw - very fitting) do not appear in the list archives.  I think I found
a total of ~20 emails that had any reference to the string 'genhdlist'.
 I'm a bit lost for information.  The best I've found is a few examples
of people who are trying to modify 'base/hdlist{2}'.

So I run it, and I get:

genhdlist:              genhdlist [--withnumbers] [--fileorder <path>]
[--hdlist <path>] [--productpath <path>] <paths>+

What does --with-numbers do?
What does --fileorder do?
What is --hdlist referencing?
What is a --productpath?
Which additional paths is it asking for?

...and we're just getting started.  I'd like to become familiar with all
the tools that come with anaconda-runtime-10.0-5, because they *look* to
be pretty important and useful.  I just can't find any documentation
anywhere.

I've been telling myself the entire time:  "Hold back, don't ask these
guys, just RTFM!" - then I think to myself, "Where is TFM?".  Is there
any formal documentation on the anaconda-runtime suite of utilities?

Again, I greatly appreciate the time.

Thanks
-dant