Re: CentOS 5 build scripts

Karanbir Singh wrote:

>> version.  Then instead of a million specialty
distributions, you just 
>> need repositories where all the parts are
available.
> 
> the anaconda docs, basic as they are, are trivial - and
the process to 
> recreate the distro tree ( which is not what the
question originally 
> was, the op only seems to want to know howto redo the
isos ) - is very 
> simple, you need to make 1 call to buildinstall - and
that will give you 
> the command line you need to run with.
> 
> Les, I think your email was based more on what you dont
know about the 
> installer now, than anything else.

Actually it's based on a glance at www.distrowatch.com and a
bit of 
bitterness about having each of the ones I've tested
unnecessarily break 
things that work elsewhere.

> And yes, its possible _now_ to have repositories
enabled at installtime, 
> so you only really need a very small footprint of a
distro really, 
> everything else can come in install-time from various
places, including 
> the distro media itself hosting multiple repo's is
trivial.

I wouldn't mind a two-step process where you install a tiny
base, then 
boot it and give it the list of repositories and packages. 
The piece I 
still think is missing is the way to export your current
list of 
packages and a community forum to hold the lists,
descriptions and 
specialized packages.  Someone who thinks they've built
something useful 
should be able to push a button to share it, letting other
people 
automatically duplicate it from existing supported packages
instead of 
having to roll a new install cd or vmware image each with
new support 
issues.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesellgmail.com

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Les Mikesell wrote:
> I wouldn't mind a two-step process where you install a
tiny base, then 
> boot it and give it the list of repositories and
packages.  The piece I 

sounds interesting - there might be potential to fork a
small centos sponsored 
project in here.

> still think is missing is the way to export your
current list of 
> packages and a community forum to hold the lists,
descriptions and 
> specialized packages.  Someone who thinks they've built
something useful 
> should be able to push a button to share it, letting
other people 
> automatically duplicate it from existing supported
packages instead of 
> having to roll a new install cd or vmware image each
with new support 
> issues.

sounds interesting - there might be potential to fork a
small centos sponsored 
project to write a kickstart generator 

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