On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Pete Travis wrote:

On Feb 13, 2013 12:07 PM, "Tony Schreiner" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:04 PM, James Cammarata wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Tony Schreiner
> > <[email protected]<mailto:[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?
>
>

I think you're looking for the Epoch: directive. 
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/ch09s03.html
 might help.

Are you sure you want to deploy an unsupported, EOL distribution?

--pete

short answer: yes
If you want reasons, i can reply privately.

Tony

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