[lug] kickstart and group files

[Jeffrey Haemer]

I'm trying to add stuff to my RPM repository for an F8 kickstart, and I am
thrashing.  I've read and Googled, and tried lots of experiments, but I'm
failing.

Here's my current sticking point:

I've added a new group to the comps file (Fedora-8-comps.xml), called
aztek-additional and used createrepo -g to rebuild the metadata.  That
works.

If I change the name to "aztek-apps", and then rebuild the metadata again,
the kickstart chokes, saying that the group file is bad.  Change it back and
rebuild the metadata?  It's fine again.  It's clearly seeing my change.

The name's cached somewhere, but I can't find it.

I've tried blowing away the metadata (Packages/repodata) and starting from
scratch.  I've tried "aztek-5ki" instead of "aztek-apps."  Same failure.

Mind you, this is even when I don't *use* the package in the
kickstart.cfgfile -- it's choking before that.

"Use dpkg or another distro" isn't an option.

"Use 'aztek-additional' " is an option, but there's other stuff that's not
working.  I suspect they all boil down to my not understanding where
kickstart's looking for all its group and package info.  This is the
simplest example I have, and I think if I can solve it, there's an "Aha!" in
the wings. [ Perhaps an "Aha!  I'm being an idiot!" but still an "Aha!" :-)
]

Any kickstart users out there with constructive advice?

-- 
Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
720-837-8908 [cell]
http://goyishekop.blogspot.com
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