Alok Aggarwal wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Ethan Quach wrote: > >> Jens Deppe wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Should I expect that a manifest without any packages defined, when >>> used in an install, would result in the base set of packages being >>> installed (SUNWcsd, SUNWcs, slime_install and entire)? >> >> No, that list isn't baked in anywhere, so the manifest needs it there >> for now. I believe there's an RFE for something similar to what >> you're asking about, however we really need to define what >> constitutes a "base set" of packages for installation; and perhaps >> different sets for different types of installations - applicance, >> minimal install, etc.. > > Actually SUNWcsd, SUNWcs, slim_install and entire is > the default list of packages that get installed if > none is specified in the AI manifest. This and other > default values get picked up from ai_manifest.defval.xml > by the XML defaults validator that auto-install uses.
Was this a recent addition? I could have swore I did an AI with a custom manifest without any packages defined and it failed because of that. -ethan > > We do, however, need to work on what constitues a > base set of packages since what we do currently is > to merely slam the same set of packages as the LiveCD. > > Alok
