Re: Adding Software Development packages to a box.

Ed Wilts <[email protected]> Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:46:11 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.limbo
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On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:35:31PM +0100, Mr. Adam ALLEN wrote:
> 
> I'll take apart the comps.xml file download the packages and go through
> installing them manually.

You might be able to do some short-cutting here.  Pick a higher-level package 
with a whole slew of dependencies and use up2date.  up2date will grab whatever
else it needs.  This is one case where starting from the top and working
your way down is easier than starting from the bottom.

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