Hi,<br> I just tried to modify /usr/share/revisor/comps/comps.xml file and run GUI revisor. But after I burnt the iso into CD, I found the comps.xml file on CD is always the same as before. My changed comps.xml is not on CD.<br><br> That may explain why I can not change the installed packages during installation.<br> <br> So I wonder how I can modify the comps.xml on my install CD? <br><br>Regards,<br>Jie<br><br><b><i>Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip@kanarip.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> jie sun wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> I did not change comps but I used kickstart file to include my rpms <br>> and all my packages gets included on the CD. The problem is after <br>> installation with the CD, non of my packages get installed. Seems only <br>> fedora packages gets installed.<br>> <br><br>Packages that are not selected
during the installation dialog are not <br>going to be installed, no matter if they are available on the media you <br>are installing from, or not.<br><br>You can select packages using the Package Selection dialog anaconda has <br>in both text and graphical install, where it finds the categories and <br>groups it displays in a file called comps.xml. This comps.xml is <br>included with every third party repository available to you on the net, <br>but is often lacking in private repositories (you know, those with all <br>kinds of custom RPMs). It is this comps.xml file though you will need to <br>create yourself and add to the repository, or edit an existing comps <br>file to include the packages you add to the mix. Revisor has a <br>--revisor-comps and includes stock Fedora comps files in the <br>revisor-comps sub-package, just for that particular reason. If you edit <br>one of those, and specify --revisor-comps /path/to/edited/comps, Revisor <br>will include that comps
file (instead of the aggregated form of all <br>comps files available from all repositories specified). Mind that <br>although it might prove very useful, it might as well as break things -a <br>faulty comps might not only cause the compose to fail, but will <br>definitely cause the installation to fail.<br><br>Or, you choose (select to install) the packages using a kickstart file <br>during the installation (something different from using the kickstart <br>file with Revisor during the compose of the media). Then, anaconda (the <br>installation program) will select the packages you specify in the <br>kickstart for installation (what you have done until now is tell Revisor <br>to include the packages for the compose), all that without regards to <br>any comps.xml file.<br><br>Now, you can include such a kickstart on the media, and as such you <br>seamlessly, secretly, pre-select packages while allowing the user to <br>interactively select/deselect packages in anaconda's
package selection <br>dialog.<br><br>Create/modify a kickstart such as the one you have now, and make it say:<br><br>"interactive"<br><br>You would want as few as possible other settings if you want it to be as <br>seamless as possible, but you can provide other answers to anaconda's <br>questions as well (root password, timezone, language, etc).<br><br>Then, when you have that kickstart file, you create installation media <br>specifying the following options (or click the appropriate check-boxes <br>in the GUI):<br><br>--kickstart /path/to/kickstart<br><br>--kickstart-include<br> which includes the kickstart file on the CD, DVD, or in the tree<br>--kickstart-default<br> which sets the bootloader menu entries to use the kickstart file<br> during installation<br><br>I hope this helps,<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Jeroen van Meeuwen<br>-kanarip<br><br><br>> Regards,<br>> Jie<br>> <br>> */Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip@kanarip.com>/* wrote:<br>> <br>>
jie sun wrote:<br>> > Hi,<br>> > I tried to re-spin fc7 with revisor and add some 3rd party<br>> packages. I<br>> > run revisor successfully with new repo and burnt the iso file to<br>> a CD. I<br>> > can see the 3rd party packages are on the CD package list. But after<br>> > install with the CD, non of the 3rd party packages gets<br>> installed. Only<br>> > fedora existing packages gets installed.<br>> ><br>> > Did I missed something while running revisor? Does anybody know how<br>> > to install 3rd party packages with revisor?<br>> ><br>> <br>> Did you see the third party packages appear in the Package Selection<br>> dialog in the graphical installation? The third party repository would<br>> need a comps ("Groups" file) to enable anaconda to display the groups<br>> and packages in the package selection dialog.
If not, you are not able<br>> to select them in any other way then using a kickstart (sample):<br>> <br>> interactive<br>> <br>> %packages<br>> some-third-party-repo-package<br>> %end<br>> <br>> This will select the package, but will still enable you to use the<br>> package selection dialog to select other packages as well.<br>> <br>> Kind regards,<br>> <br>> Jeroen van Meeuwen<br>> -kanarip<br>> <br>> --<br>> Fedora-livecd-list mailing list<br>> Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com<br>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try <br>> it now. <br>> <http: us.rd.yahoo.com="" evt="51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ"><br>> ><br>>
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