Pear-down RPMS dir

[John Summerfield]

Matt Sturtz wrote:
> Hi--
> 
> I wanted pear down the RPMS directory after I was done editing comps.xml

I was wondering what the heck you were talking about;-) Pare, not pear. 
Pear is fruit (unless it's PHP-related software). Pare is "trim."

The easiest way I know to discover whar files (including but not only 
rpms) is to do an http install, then peruse the log.

You can also (if you do things a little differently) use the log to 
optimise the order in the ISO.



> to fit my needs.  A lot of packages are no longer required, and I wanted
> to eliminate them.  I started with a script that simply removes all
> packages that aren't mentioned in my customized comps.xml -- but that
> eliminates packages like bind-libs, which I know is needed to satisfy a
> dependancy, even though it isn't mentioned in comps.xml (bind-utils
> depends on libdns, which is provided by bind-libs).
> 
> Anybody know of a tool I can use to remove the packages that aren't
> required while leaving those that are, and those that satisfy dependancies
> for those that are?  The idea of querying dependancies for every single
> package doesn't thrill me...  Kickstarting a box, and then removing all
> the packages that didn't end up on that box sounds even worse...


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Cheers
John

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