[@core] working definition for the minimal package set

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Mon Nov 12 20:27:34 UTC 2012


On 11/12/2012 12:25 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:21:43PM -0800, Jesse Keating wrote:
>>>> To be fair if we're talking about redefining what goes into @core
>>>> (which cannot be deselected, and mandatory items cannot be
>>>> deselected) then even those doing kickstart/pxe are relevant to the
>>>> discussion.
>>> Is it now the case that they can't be deselected with "-" in kickstart?
>> Historically the @core group did not have anything other than
>> mandatory packages as there was no UI to deselect them (because core
>> was not a visible group).  Core is still not a visible group, but
>> there appears to be a few "default" packages in there now,
>
> But there was a non-UI way. Does that no longer work?
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The non-UI way was kickstart.  But you can't deselect (-) mandatory 
packages in a group.  @core is primarily made up of mandatory packages.

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