Re: [Rule-list] breaking the applist out of slinky boot disk

[Devon]

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On Tuesday 19 March 2002 12:05 pm, James wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong ..... and often I am.  But this would also make
> slinky/miniconda cross distro as well wouldn't it? (I percieve this as
> good.)

The format of the files is such that it is already not distro specific. 
For example, the current installer should now work with Red Hat 7.0 (for 
example) disks as well. Or a disk full of rawhide packages, for that 
matter. I've changed the entries in the package files to include only the 
base names of the packages. As long as you have enough of the packages 
(by the same basename) to build a working system, you can install about 
anything. (provided it is an rpm based distro, of course.) Packages for 
which no match is found will be skipped. 

James, what is it that your waiting for from me so that you can try 
slinky on your laptop? I've forgotten what prevented you from booting. 
The lack of loadable modules, I assume?

- -D

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