On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:04 PM, James Cammarata wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Tony Schreiner
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm using cobbler to install Fedora 16.
>> I imported the distro, and added Fedora releases/16/Everything and 
>> updates/16 as a repo, as well as a repo of my own creation.
>> 
>> I wish to install my own version of torque-2.4 and openmpi built with a 
>> dependence on that from my own repo rather than the torque-3.0 that comes 
>> with f16. My openmpi gets installed because my naming of it gave it a higher 
>> version number  openmpi-1.5.4-3tm rather than openmpi-1.5.4-3, but the 
>> torque I want has a lower version, and the installer selects version 3.0 
>> from  the base.
>> 
>> I see how to exclude files from added repos, but not from the base distro 
>> during installation. Is it possible, am I missing something?
> 
> In the %packages section of your kickstart, just put:
> 
> -package
> 
> And it will exclude that package, even (if I remember right) if it was
> brought in as a dependency of another package.
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But I actually do want the package, but from my own repo that I added, and if 
possible during the initial install.  I guess I should ask, can one specify a 
version number in the kickstart list?

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