[Fedora-livecd-list] Trimming packages

[Darren Humphrey]

I successfully built a live CD that at least boots, though it hung up when 
I tried to go into X Windows.

What I need some help with next is whittling the package set down.  The 
wiki mentions editing the kickstart files, but I want to trim with more 
fine grained control.

I have tried excluding packages from comps.xml, but anaconda seems to bring 
back in other packages I don't want anyway.  For instance, my comps.xml 
file does not reference the kernel source, but I get it anyway.  I know 
there's dependency checking going on...is there a way I can create a list 
of desired files, manually run a dependency check and then see what I need 
to add?

I am trying to build a pretty minimalist system (though with a C++ runtime 
library, OpenGL and X), so it would be desirable to manually and completely 
specify my list of packages.

Another question:What's the difference between what comps.xml and comps.rpm 
are used for?

Thanks for the help!

Darren Humphrey