Alok Aggarwal wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Ethan Quach wrote: > >> Alok Aggarwal wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Ethan Quach wrote: >>> >>>> Jens Deppe wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Should I expect that a manifest without any packages defined, when >>>>> used in an install, would result in the base set of packages being >>>>> installed (SUNWcsd, SUNWcs, slime_install and entire)? >>>> >>>> No, that list isn't baked in anywhere, so the manifest needs it there >>>> for now. I believe there's an RFE for something similar to what >>>> you're asking about, however we really need to define what >>>> constitutes a "base set" of packages for installation; and perhaps >>>> different sets for different types of installations - applicance, >>>> minimal install, etc.. >>> >>> Actually SUNWcsd, SUNWcs, slim_install and entire is >>> the default list of packages that get installed if >>> none is specified in the AI manifest. This and other >>> default values get picked up from ai_manifest.defval.xml >>> by the XML defaults validator that auto-install uses. >> >> Was this a recent addition? I could have swore I did an >> AI with a custom manifest without any packages defined >> and it failed because of that. > > Been there since day 1 of AI preview. Alok is right. The AI will install default set of packages if none specified. But you need to include the empty tags <ai_packages></ai_packages> in the AI manifest.
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