Package Refinement

[Phil Bettinson]

Robert Denton wrote:
> I just did a test build with the sample I showed you before, and I 
> included:
> 
> -@ dialup
> -@ java
> 
> The install did not complain, but the files were still installed.  I am 
> surprised that the install did not abort or ask for input. In the past 
> when I have excluded packages from the packages list I had to add the 
> arch (ex: -package_name.i386) or the install would die.
> 
> I am surprised you can have something in your packages list that means 
> nothing does nothing and there is no complaint from anaconda at all.  
> The only packages where I include an entire group are for webserver and 
> mailserver, and then I just remove the packages I do not need from them, 
> like:
---snip---
> Oddly though there are a bunch of packages that do not seem to be 
> related to the groups and are not in my list that get installed. Here 
> are some examples of packages that I cannot explain how or why they were 
> installed:
> 
> specspo (for internationalizing packages)
> aspell
> cracklib-dicts
> xorg-x11-libs (I do not install a gui at all)
> 
These random files are probably being installed as a dependency of 
something. xorg-x11-libs could come from anything that requires (or can 
use) X. Right now, however, I can't put my finger on anything that 
would. I thought aspell would come with vim or mutt or something, but a 
quick rpm -qR mutt doesn't appear to agree with me.

Thanks,

Phil

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			Phil Bettinson

BEng, RHCT 			Beng, RHCT
Swyddog Gweinyddu Systemau	Systems Administrator

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