Re: Things needed

[jfm2@club-internet.fr]

> > > 
> > 
> > First of all a program for maintaining the "comps" file.  This is the
> > file used for determining the programs to install when the user
> > selects a category.  But each category must be self contained ie
> > contain the primary packages but also the packages they depends upon
> > (and those the latter depend upon) who don't belong to the Base
> > category because this one is ever installed
> Maybe we could use turbopkg from TurboLinux (www.pht.com), which uses
> new format for comps, and easy to maintain the "comps" file.
> 

I was looking for them in the misc directory of their CD.  About
changing the format of the comps file sure it is additional work but
would be a good idea in case PHT installs handles "conflicts" (RedHat
doesn't or didn't) because without them we cannot introduce
alternatives to "sendmail" and "inn".

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
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