Re: GRAB Version 2.4 Released!

Greg Kurtzer <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Mar 2003 02:12:43 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.grab
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:55:54AM +0000, Eric Gerbier told me:
> I have a (little) one : mandrake package names are long, so I have to use 
> grab with -E to see all version chain.
> I know I can use a bash alias, but it could be possible to test chain 
> lenght in grab and to switch to expand mode just if necessary ?

Hrmm... How about a configuration file parameter for default view?
(/etc/grab/defaults)

> I had a second idea , because I used autorpm for a long time
> with autorpm, you can "remove" a package from the interface, I mean say "do 
> not show it anymore" (your skip list is static)

Like:
[gmkurtzer@tux gmkurtzer]$ ./grab -s anaconda
 ...
 1   N anaconda           8.0-4       --          i386   2.6M   [email protected]
 2   N anaconda-help      8.0-1       --          noarch 618K   [email protected]
 3   N anaconda-images    8.0-6       --          noarch 4.6M   [email protected]
 4   N busybox-anaconda   0.60.2-7    --          i386   91K    [email protected]

-Choose number(s): ('?' for help): r3
 1   N anaconda           8.0-4       --          i386   2.6M   [email protected]
 2   N anaconda-help      8.0-1       --          noarch 618K   [email protected]
 4   N busybox-anaconda   0.60.2-7    --          i386   91K    [email protected]

-Choose number(s): ('?' for help):


> last idea for today : what about a log file of grab's install

A long time ago, somewhere in space it did do this (but only in CRON mode). I
like this idea. I will re-implement it. Where should it go?
/var/log/grab-installs?

Greg
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