Wrong packages being installed.

[Gary Thomas]

Hajducko, Steven wrote:
> So we're trying to build a very minimal build that we then build upon to
> form our systems.  I'm trying to get rid of alot of unecessary packages
> that we don't require for our systems.
>  
> I'm running into a problem where the kickstart is still installing some
> packages, even though I'm specifically telling it not too and the
> package not being a required dependancy of any other package I'm
> installing.
> 
> My kickstart is very, very basic for this testing:
> 
> install
> cdrom
> lang en_US
> langsupport --default=en_US en_US
> keyboard us
> skipx
> key ####
> text
> network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname host.example.com
> bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=hda --append="rhgb quiet"
> rootpw --iscrypted ##########
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> firewall --disabled
> timezone America/Los_Angeles
> selinux --disabled
> clearpart --all --drives=hda
> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=128 --asprimary --ondrive=hda
> part swap --size=12288 --asprimary
> part pv.01 --size=100 --grow
> volgroup rootvg pv.01
> logvol / --fstype ext3 --vgname=rootvg --size=20480 --name=rootlv
> reboot
> 
> %packages --nobase
> @Core
> -Deployment_Guide_en-US
> -system-config-securitylevel-tui
> 
> 
> The problem is, even with --nobase, I still keep getting the
> Deployment_Guide and system-config-securitylevel-tui.
> 
> The system-config package is part of the Base group, so it shouldn't be
> installed anyways.  The Deployment Guide is part of Core, but I'm
> specifically telling it not to install.
> 
> What am I missing here?  Also, system-config-securitylevel-tui isn't
> being brought in because of a requirement, it's just showing up.  You
> can remove the package as soon as the system comes up.  It also doesn't
> show in the anaconda.log as being added to fulfill a requirement.  It
> just suddenly shows up in the log, because slang and newt do get added
> due to a requirement that system-config-securitylevel has.
> 
> I do see an error in the log that 'no such package
> system-config-securitylevel-tui', right after it tells me 'not adding
> Base group'.
> 
> Any input to this would be greatly appreciated it.  I'd rather not muck
> with post just to get some RPM's removed that should be taken care of
> via the %packages section. 

What's your base system?  I don't see these requirements in Fedora 8.

Once your system is installed, you can see what led to this, e.g.

   [root at localhost tmp]# rpm -q --whatrequires system-config-firewall
   anaconda-11.4.0.40-1.1_AM

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