[lug] kickstart and group files

[Jeffrey Haemer]

Charlie,

I'm getting all this from an HTTP server, not a CD or some other hard
media.  It means I build my metadata on a real, F8 server and use it from
there.  Unfortunately, because it's F8, I can't tell what's actually being
read from the atime, but I actually have to use this server setup.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:39 AM, <chutchin at geekboi.org> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:28 -0600, Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> >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.cfg file
> >-- 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?
>
>
> Can you build the metadata afterwards in a post-install script?  At least
> with
> RHEL 3 and 4 the kickstart you can add a %post section to your kickstart
> file.
> In this section you can point to scripts on an NFS share and then would
> not
> need any changes to your install media.
>
> Charlie
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Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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