Re: A few questions about the 'groups.xml' file

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:21 PM, =E4=BD=95=E7=84=9C <[email protected]> w=
rote:

>     Q1:Is there any specification or document about the '*groups.xml.[gz]=
*'
> and '*groups.xml*'. We knew that using createrepo -g groups.xml can
> product '*groups.xml.[gz]' *and add it into the repodata, but who
> products the original '*groups.xml'* group file? And what is the
> specification of the  '*groups.xml*' file?
>
>
> I dont think there is a clear decription of the format anywhere, try
search for comps.xml or look here
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Software_Management_Guid=
e/ch08s03.html


>      Q2: The rpm package have a "group tag" , we can get it by 'rpm -qi'
> command. Also, the '*groups.xml*' used by 'createrepo -g' also make a
> defination of package groups. What the differences between them?
>
> rpm group tags and comps.xml groups are 2 unrelated things, comps.xml
groups is not used by rpm, it is used by package managers like yum and
linux installers like anaconda

basicly comps.xml is just a way to define a group of packagenames there can
be used i kickstart files

Tim

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:21 PM, =E4=BD=95=E7=84=9C <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]<=
/a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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itstream Vera Sans&#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">groups.xml.[gz]</strong>&#39;=
 and &#39;<strong style=3D"font-size:13px;white-space:normal;font-family:ve=
rdana,arial,&#39;Bitstream Vera Sans&#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">groups.xml<=
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39;Bitstream Vera Sans&#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">groups.xml&#39;</strong>=
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span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style><font face=3D"verdana, arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, helvetica=
, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p></blockquote><div>I dont think there is=
 a clear decription of the format anywhere, try search for comps.xml or loo=
k here</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Software=
_Management_Guide/ch08s03.html">http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/=
14/html/Software_Management_Guide/ch08s03.html</a><br></div><div>=C2=A0</di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid=
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<p><span style><font face=3D"verdana, arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, helvetica=
, sans-serif"></font></span></p><p><span style><font face=3D"verdana, arial=
, Bitstream Vera Sans, helvetica, sans-serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Q2: The r=
pm package have a &quot;group tag&quot; , we can get it by &#39;rpm -qi&#39=
; command. Also, the=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:verdana=
,arial,&#39;Bitstream Vera Sans&#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">&#39;</span><str=
ong style=3D"font-size:13px;white-space:normal;font-family:verdana,arial,&#=
39;Bitstream Vera Sans&#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">groups.xml</strong><span =
style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:verdana,arial,&#39;Bitstream Vera Sans&=
#39;,helvetica,sans-serif">&#39; used by &#39;createrepo -g&#39; also make =
a defination of package groups. What the differences between them?=C2=A0</s=
pan></font></span></p>
<p></p></blockquote></div>rpm group tags and comps.xml groups are 2 unrelat=
ed things, comps.xml groups is not used by rpm, it is used by package manag=
ers like yum and linux installers like anaconda</div><div class=3D"gmail_ex=
tra">
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">basicly comps.xml is just a way to def=
ine a group of packagenames there can be used i kickstart files<br><br></di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Tim</div></div>

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