[3077] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Oct 11 11:32:17 2000
To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:32:10 -0400
In-Reply-To: Alex Coventry's message of "Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:18:24 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-Id: <sjm66mzjsw5.fsf@indiana.mit.edu>
Personally, I find it useful to be able to do a Linux-Athena install
but also be able to install additional RedHat packages that Athena (or
SIPB) doesn't think I might need. For example, I might be installing
a laptop where I _DO_ want Netscape or compiler suites or some other
"non-default" subsystem locally installed. Or perhaps I'm installing
a machine where I want to install print server support, or I want to
run an http server. It would be nice to be able to configure that at
install-time rather than having to go find the packages and install
them later.
-derek
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Any reason to keep the custom install around at all? I had already
> intended to remove the {GNOME,KDE}Workstation options.
>
> If there is a good reason to keep it, Charles Dominguez' case looks like
> it should be easy enough to fix, though -- just give the option to run
> the AthenaWorkstation postinstall script after the custom install.
>
> Alex.
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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