[Rule-list] apps database and slinky installer

[Devon]

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On Tuesday 26 March 2002 10:41 pm, hairylarry at deltaboogie.com wrote:
> Devon,
>
> Could we add an EXTRA_PACKAGES file to slinky. Maybe empty or
> maybe with Midnight Commander in it.

Sure, but only if you name it extra_packages. :)
My build scripts look for *_packages, as does the installer.

> Also does slinky ask for disk two if disk two holds the rpm? I think
> slrn, a suggested rule news reader, is on disk two. This would be
> another function for the apps database, to sort all the rpms on disk 2
> to the bottom of the install list like Anaconda does.

It will. Currently it doesn't.

> Another suggestion is an option to run a configuration script just
> before reboot. Maybe rulerc.sh. For instance I might want to copy a
> Midnight Commander menu file included on disk 2 onto the hard
> drive.

Easily handled.

> Does slinky have the tools to access windows shares? Can I share a
> CD in a windows system on the LAN and mount the RedHat CDs
> from that share?

No, it doesn't. That would require samba, I believe. I'll leave looking 
into this possibility to anyone who has time. :)

You could always fire up your trusty Code Red server (1), and install 
that way. :)
(1) Microsoft's personal web server (win 98 at least had it)

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