Michael DeHaan wrote: > What if we taught the yum provider to know about "yum groupinstall" ? > > That way you could add packages into comps.xml and reference them > together, which would also be faster than referencing each one by one. > > While it would not technically be a 'package' this might be also a > decent workaround solution to the 'yum transactions are not batched' > problem. > > package { "stuff" > ensure => latest, > is_group => true, > ... > } > > Thoughts?
This might be nice for installs, but what happens when someone wants to remove a group? Using yum groupremove isn't the inverse of groupinstall. This can easily remove far more than users intend, especially if you don't realize that groupremove isn't the exact opposite of groupinstall. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Freedom is actually a bigger game than power, power is about what you can control, freedom is about what you can unleash. -- Harriet Ruben
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