[2543] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: comment and questions about the current 'comps' file for 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Tue Feb 9 15:16:27 1999
To: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 09 Feb 1999 15:15:42 -0500
In-Reply-To: Salvatore Valente's message of Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:39:59 -0500
Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU> writes:
> I think we should avoid the "Workstation" and "Server" configurations,
> since they repartition and reformat the entire drive. The Athena
> install process, for now, should be based on the Custom install.
Ok, I've modified the install to no longer prompt the user for this
choice. It will always do a 'Custom' install. Once we install my
binaries, this will take effect. I'll modify the Athena comps files
appropriately (in /mit/linux/devel/redhat/5.2/..., of course).
> As Derek mentioned, there are about six or seven packages that I
> removed from sets other than Workstation. I stand by the decision to
> remove those packages from the Athena install.
I agree with your decision. I _did_ add ispell to the Athena
component, since it wasn't being installed anywhere else, and I think
we should install it by default. We should also figure out what else
we want to have installed by default. I was wondering if we should
remove the 'lpr' package more thoroughly? I don't know how much it
conflicts with athena-lpr, in particular in the Printer Support
component.
> I'll go undo any changes to the Workstation set in comps.athena.
Don't worry about it -- I'm going to destroy what you've done on the
server when I 'make server' anyways. ;) Just be sure to send mail if
you _do_ make any more changes, so they can be carried over into the
source tree.
> It might be nice to eventually support a "Workstation" sort of
> hassle-free installation, after we've given some though to how the
> Athena packages should affect the partitioning and the documentation
> and stuff.
Yea, but let's not worry about it now. For now we should really
figure out what packages/components we want to install or should NOT
install.
> Derek wrote:
>
> In particular, I believe we should install the compiler (C
> Development) and arguably development libraries and X Devel.
>
> Fine by me. (Not installing them by default would also be fine by me.
> I explicitly have no opinion about it.)
Ok, I'll turn it on. Anyone else have any comments?
> Sal.
Also, I was wondering if we should add a 'java' component to make it
easier to install kaffe. Comments? I was also wondering if we should
make sure that every package is in at least one component. Currently
that is not the case.
-derek
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