how can i find the required rpm list

[Farkas Levente]

hi,
is there any command line too with which i able to find the whole
package list (with all dependencies) generated from a given kickstart
files %package section?
thanks in advance.
regards

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On 11/09/2009 12:44 PM, Farkas Levente wrote:
> hi,
> is there any command line too with which i able to find the whole
> package list (with all dependencies) generated from a given kickstart
> files %package section?

I don't think I have such a thing, yet. However, the contents of 
installation media of course is in cdrom://Packages/, which is that list.

-- Jeroen

[Farkas Levente]

On 11/09/2009 06:14 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> On 11/09/2009 12:44 PM, Farkas Levente wrote:
> > hi,
> > is there any command line too with which i able to find the whole
> > package list (with all dependencies) generated from a given kickstart
> > files %package section?
>
> I don't think I have such a thing, yet. However, the contents of 
> installation media of course is in cdrom://Packages/, which is that list.

yes exactly:-) is there any way to get this list without generating a
whole iso? it'd be very useful for me.
any few lines of python script which takes a kickstart file or %package
section of a kickstart file?
thanks.

bug in revisor? was: how can i find the required rpm list

[Farkas Levente]

On 11/09/2009 06:14 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> On 11/09/2009 12:44 PM, Farkas Levente wrote:
> > hi,
> > is there any command line too with which i able to find the whole
> > package list (with all dependencies) generated from a given kickstart
> > files %package section?
>
> I don't think I have such a thing, yet. However, the contents of 
> installation media of course is in cdrom://Packages/, which is that list.

so i do little more investigation and try to manually generate package
list and it seems i found a bug in revisor. we usually use pxe to
install a new machine and generate kickstart files for the pxe installs.
then convert the pxe kickstart file into iso kickstart file by simple
replacing the "url --url ..." to "cdrom" and then generate the iso from
this kickstart file. suppose a minimal ks file's %package section
contains only:
--------------------------
@core
@base
-irda-utils
--------------------------
the during the pxe install anaconda do NOT install irda-utils package
(which is what i want) while the revisor generated iso will contain
irda-utils package. why? irda-utils is among @base group's default
packages, but i deselect it.
imho it's a bug in revisor.

i use on rhel 5.4 i386:
revisor-2.0.5.2-3.el5
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.el5
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-7.el5
createrepo-0.4.11-3.el5
livecd-tools-013-8.el5.1
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5
rhpl-0.194.1-1
squashfs-tools-3.0-4
yum-3.2.22-20.el5

is there any quick fix for this?

ps. at the same time wouldn't it be possible to run revisor only until
"Resolving Dependencies" get the list of collected packages somehow? may
be better getting it from anaconda somehow...

thanks in advance.
regards.

bug in revisor? was: how can i find the required rpm list

[Farkas Levente]

On 11/12/2009 12:15 AM, Farkas Levente wrote:
> On 11/09/2009 06:14 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
> > On 11/09/2009 12:44 PM, Farkas Levente wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > is there any command line too with which i able to find the whole
> > > package list (with all dependencies) generated from a given kickstart
> > > files %package section?
> >
> > I don't think I have such a thing, yet. However, the contents of 
> > installation media of course is in cdrom://Packages/, which is that list.
>
> so i do little more investigation and try to manually generate package
> list and it seems i found a bug in revisor. we usually use pxe to
> install a new machine and generate kickstart files for the pxe installs.
> then convert the pxe kickstart file into iso kickstart file by simple
> replacing the "url --url ..." to "cdrom" and then generate the iso from
> this kickstart file. suppose a minimal ks file's %package section
> contains only:
>
> @core
> @base
> -irda-utils
>
> the during the pxe install anaconda do NOT install irda-utils package
> (which is what i want) while the revisor generated iso will contain
> irda-utils package. why? irda-utils is among @base group's default
> packages, but i deselect it.
> imho it's a bug in revisor.
>
> i use on rhel 5.4 i386:
> revisor-2.0.5.2-3.el5
> anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.el5
> busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-7.el5
> createrepo-0.4.11-3.el5
> livecd-tools-013-8.el5.1
> pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5
> rhpl-0.194.1-1
> squashfs-tools-3.0-4
> yum-3.2.22-20.el5
>
> is there any quick fix for this?
>
> ps. at the same time wouldn't it be possible to run revisor only until
> "Resolving Dependencies" get the list of collected packages somehow? may
> be better getting it from anaconda somehow...

any comment on this? what can i do to fix it?
thanks.