Re: [Security-Discuss] mdv 2006 lifetime

Mark Watts <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:56:59 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.security.general
Organization QinetiQ
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> That's probably because you are a desktop user.  99% of my installs stay in
> runlevel 3, many will never, ever see the gui.  Would MUCH rather have all
> packages shown, and pick once, than have to dig.  There's a bunch of them
> there now - what's a few more??

If you need to do this more than once, use an auto_install.cfg floppy and add 
packages you need to that  - urpmi_rpm-find-leaves can be used on a fully 
installed system to generate the package list you need.

Mark.

> Bob
>
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 Oct 2005 19:29, Bob Puff@NLE wrote:
> >>Why is this?  Is there anyone to bug concerning this?  I'd always
> >>like to see a full package list of what's available, instead of
> >>having to browse all the CDs.  The package list gives the nice
> >>descriptions!
> >
> > It would take far too long to plough through all the descriptions during
> > an install.  I'd much rather install a smaller set then use MCC with
> > Maximum Information to read all the descriptions - including the list
> > of files to be installed by the package.  I understand that it is
> > possible to get the info by urpmi as well, but I like it this way.
> >
> > Anne

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Mark Watts
Senior Systems Engineer
QinetiQ Trusted Information Management
Trusted Solutions and Services Group
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