Sundar Yamunachari wrote: > 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. >
As I noted in earlier mail, I believe it needs to stop doing this. Dave
