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Re: More 5.2 preparation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Feb 10 09:31:59 1999
To: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 10 Feb 1999 09:31:10 -0500
In-Reply-To: Erik Nygren's message of Tue, 09 Feb 1999 23:02:02 EST
Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:
> This is in /mit/linux/devel/redhat/5.2/install/server/i386/RedHat/base/?
Yes.
> Is comps-athena the only file there we actually care about?
Yes, right now. Once we have comps-athena how we like it I'll
translate it to the other versions for srvd work.
> How does this file work? Is everything listed there actually
> installed by default, or?
Ok, the format of the file is this:
-------------
0.1 <- Comps-file version number
1 Base <- 1 == on-by-default, 'Base' is the component
foo <- package 'foo' is in component Base
bar <- package 'bar' is in component Base
end <- end of component Base
0 C++ Development <- 0 == off-by-default, 'C++ Development is the component
baz <- package 'baz' in componebt C++ Development
end <- end of component
-------------
Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored. All components
are listed in the list-of-components during the install phase, in the
order they appear in the comps file. 'Base' is specifically excluded
from the display; it is always installed (so anything in the 'Base'
comp will be installed on every system).
So, assume that the user just accepts the 'default' component
selection. They will get every package that is listed in all the
components that are turned on (1). If they manually turn _on_ or
_off_ components, the obvious thing occurs.
So, to directly answer your question, everything in the on-by-default
components are installed by default, assuming the user does not turn
them off during the component selection of the install phase.
> Erik
-derek
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