On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 04:45:01AM -0400, Marc Baudoin wrote:
>But I also want other packages to be removed. Ideally, packages
>installed as dependencies of those listed in $(match_package)
>should be handled automatically so they don't have to be listed
>explicitely but it depends heavily on which package manager is
>used. So, supposing every required package (and their
>dependencies) is listed in $(match_package), how can I have any
>other one removed?
>
>Intuitively, I'd like to be able to add something like that to my
>bundle:
>
>packages:
> not "$(match_package)"
> package_policy => "delete" ,
> package_method => generic ;
>
>But I haven't found the right syntax to use (I may have missed
>something in the documentation, as it's quite hard for a
>newcomer).
>
>Is there a way to do that?
I've used this on systems running Yum (package lists shortened for
brevity):
bundle agent security {
vars:
Kluster::
"bluetooth_packages" slist => {
"bluez-gnome",
"bluez-libs",
"bluez-utils",
};
"packages_32bit" slist => {
"avahi.i386",
"aspell.i386",
"perl.i386",
};
"packages_to_remove" slist => {
@{bluetooth_packages},
@{packages_32bit},
};
commands:
Kluster::
# This is done outside of packages: because the 'yum'
# Method actually just calls 'rpm'. Yum is a bit more graceful
# and can yank all packages listed above. It is also a bit
# more efficient to pass a string to yum, instead of iterating
# over a list.
"${g.yum} remove -y ${packages_to_remove_string}"
comment => "Remove packages unconditionally",
action => if_elapsed('3600');
}
--
Jesse Becker
NHGRI Linux support (Digicon Contractor)
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