On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Ethan Quach wrote: > 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.
Been there since day 1 of AI preview. Alok
