[Server-devel] xs-pkgs

Tim Moody timmoody at sympatico.ca
Fri Mar 30 16:23:50 EDT 2012


>
> That is not a package, the "@" makes it a group definition in the
> *comps.xml file in /repodata on the XS iso image. You must loopback
> mount the iso to view the file, then have a look for that string.
>

Well, you're right as usual.  (also I said xs-pkgs remembering 0.6, when I 
should have said olpc-xs).

I found a file 
'83aa5dc6a7d65fb600d12d70ec102379a719c6bad8b6acc5c0276a8439ad251f-OLPC 
School Server-0.7-comps.xml'

in which I found

  <group>
   <id>olpc-xs</id>
   <default>true</default>
   <uservisible>true</uservisible>
   <display_order>1024</display_order>
   <name>OLPC XS</name>
   <description>This group is the XS server group of packages</description>
    <packagelist>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">ds-backup-server</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">idmgr</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">moodle-xs</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">olpc-bios-crypto</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">usbmount</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">xs-activation</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">xs-activity-server</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">xs-config</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">xs-rsync</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="mandatory">xs-tools</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="default">acpid</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="default">ntp</packagereq>
      <packagereq type="default">puppet</packagereq>
    </packagelist>
  </group>

Still don't know why this didn't install.  The  anaconda-ks.cfg after the 
install only shows the following.  Does the XS need to be able to reach the 
internet in order for the install to succeed?

%packages
@Base
@Core

%end

so it looks like these didn't install

@system-admin-tools
@olpc-xs
xs-release
epel-release

yum groupinstall "OLPC XS" only succeeded after I deleted everything in 
/etc/yum.repos.d/ except my local repo.  This included external mirrors for 
Centos and olpcxs.  How do they get into this directory?



 



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