Re: building perl rpm

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
I actually gave it a go on a Zoot box before posting my reply. Aside from issues picking up the man pages in the %files list (the .spec file should probably use /usr/share/man, since the patch that fixes buildrooting for Makemaker modules has to hard-code the path for Pinstripe, and the

anaconda

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
When you get to the components screen in anaconda the components have images next to them. Where in the code are these defined. I've edited my comps file the way I'd like it but I want to know how to add images to new components if I add them. Thanks, Frank

.xinitrc - default window manager

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a fresh install. Thanks, Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: .xinitrc - default window manager

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
On redhat 6.2 what src.rpm contains the default .xinitrc file. I'd like to change it so that it starts up with a different window manager on a fresh install. Thanks, Frank okay I feel stupid. Its in the xinitrc src.rpm. What I should have said was where does Redhat define which window

Re: .xinitrc - default window manager

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
BTW, are you creating your own distribution or something? You seem to be rebuilding a whole collection of rpms the last few days! Thank you for the explanation. Yes I am building a customized Redhat 6.2 distribution. At the moment its simply RH 6.2 with alot of different packages so its

XFree86

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
About how long do you think it would take to build XFree86 3.3.6 on a PIII 500 with 256 megs of ram? I'm talking about the src.rpm's? I'm just trying to get a good rough estimate of the time it will take so I can plan my work accordingly. Thanks, Frank

Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread A.Sleep
I'm looking for information on how to change the RH distribution for a client. I have to add a few RPMs and remove some others. Beacuse of the size and requirements of the client I need to put the distribution on CD, so a smimple kickstart config will not work. I'm attemping to figure out

Re: Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread Frank Hale
"A.Sleep" wrote: I'm looking for information on how to change the RH distribution for a client. I have to add a few RPMs and remove some others. Beacuse of the size and requirements of the client I need to put the distribution on CD, so a smimple kickstart config will not work. I'm

Re: Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread A.Sleep
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "A.Sleep" wrote: I'm looking for information on how to change the RH distribution for a client. I have to add a few RPMs and remove some others. Beacuse of the size and requirements of the client I need to put the distribution on CD, so a smimple

Re: Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread A.Sleep
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: Have a look at the Redhat-CD-HOWTO. I don't have a link for it but its not hard to find. Should be on the LDP site. THAT is what I was hoping to hear :) Thank you. But its not hard to do what you need. Simply replace the RPM's with the ones you want or

Re: Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread Atul Pokharel
add/remove rpm names from comps, put the rpm in the RPMS directory, run genhdlist and you are done. you can go as far as changing the sub-category names and contents (rpm names) and adding and removing sub-categories. If you change any names of the install catregories, ie server, gnome

Re: Changing Distribution

2000-08-13 Thread Atul Pokharel
If you mean genhdlist: $REDHATBASE/i386/misc/src/anaconda/utils/genhdlist dir updates the $REDHATBASE/i386/Redhat/base/hdlist file from RPMS in the directory you specify as dir The hdlist file contains rpm headers for quick access by the installer. -atul "A.Sleep" wrote: I'm looking