[Rule-list] Potential low mem boot disk/installer

[Brock Organ]

I've been there and done that, and the most nagging problem with using
rpm2cpio is that the package pre and post scripts are not run, this
means important configuration does not take place ... the other downside
is that your rpm database does not get updated for the software you've
installed, which makes rpm a lot less useful ...

What I've done privately is used rpm in a shell script to install
packages (such as a base system or a workstation system), note the
package order rpm chooses to install with, then put my pkg list in that
order and call rpm with the --noorder parameter ... it's a poor man's
rpm2cpio (:)) with the added benefit of updating the rpm database and
running pre and post scripts ...

just my $0.02, :)

brock

On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 18:24, Martin Stricker wrote:
> Devon wrote:
> 
> > I'm working on a script to use rpm2cpio to force the packages into
> > place without actually using rpm. However, the busybox shell doesn't
> > seem to understand some basic scripting commands. I'm looking for a
> > small shell to include. At present, without attempting to format the
> > floppy for a larger size, I have about 195k space left on the disk.
> > 
> > Any thoughts or comments on this idea? It won't be as user friendly as
> > anaconda, but it should work in 8M without any difficulty at all.
> 
> I *really* like your idea, especially using rpm2cpio. If the shell isn't
> sufficient a small C program might be better (and most probably uses
> less resources). The only "small" shells I can think of right now are sh
> and csh, both not *really* small.
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin Stricker
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