Re: GRAB Version 2.4 Released!

Greg Kurtzer wrote:
> 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)

nice for me

>>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):

yes !

> 
>>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?

should be optionnal (to be defined in /etc/grab/defaults) ?

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