Monte Milanuk wrote:
>
> Well, not exactly... I think. I haven't played w/ the
> mkkickstart package yet because more what I had in mind was
> something that would take an _existing_ installation, and
> add/delete packages as needed to get to a specified config.
> For an initial install, yes, I would suppose mkkickstart
> would work just fine. What I was looking for would go
> something like this: Ok, I did a minimal install. Great.
> removed a few extra packages, got things where I want them.
> Ok, now I need to re-compile the kernel to tweak things a
> bit. So I use a script (or whatever) to add the packages
> needed for kernel compilation relative to a minimal
> install. Then, once I have my new kernel installed and
> working, now I want to take un-necessary sharp pointy
> things off the machine so uninvited guests can't hurt
> themselves, so I use a script (the same one w/ different
> flags?) to go back to the minimal install state, but w/ a
> brand new custom compiled kernel.
>
> This is what I am looking for. Something like Debian's
> 'apt-get task-<package>', but apt-get won't go back and
> uninstall all the stuff that the 'task' installed in one
> fell swoop, unless I missed something.
>
> I'm probably dreaming, but what the heck. ;)
>
I wonder if we could get someone with a working minimalist install to do
give us the output of rpm -qa. Should be a no brainer to rp -e all the
rpms not found in the list.
I can't claim absolute minimalism but if it is deemed desireable and
appropriate to spam the list with a big listing I will post my 6.2 based
firewall package listing.
Bret
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