I think the best option is to pass it a commandline argument, something like:
./start_over --nomysql will not uninstall MySQL. Of course, even if we do not uninstall it, we need to drop the OSCAR tables. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > DongInn Kim > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Oscar-devel] Re: [Oscar-checkins] r4848 - trunk/scripts > > Hi Erich, > > Is there any way to prevent some packages from being removed/ > uninstalled? > > As far as I am concerned, MySQL can be used by used since oscar is > set up and people may add some new database and they may want > to keep > them when they run "start_over". > > But right now, it just simply uninstall MySQL and its some related > RPMS (but not all). > > I think you have set up some scripts to return the list of rpms for > the specific pacakge on the specific distro. > Can you point out what it is? I am sorry for my laziness not looking > for it yet. > If we can get the list, it would be easy to avoid uninstalling the > necessary RPMs. > > Regards, > > - DongInn > > On May 24, 2006, at 1:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Author: efocht > > Date: 2006-05-24 13:32:13 -0400 (Wed, 24 May 2006) > > New Revision: 4848 > > > > Modified: > > trunk/scripts/start_over > > Log: > > Attempt to adapt start_over to the new structure. It uses > yume-opkg > > to remove > > all RPMs installed by OSCAR. This was the reason why I had to > > remove the base > > package, as its removal was leading to erasing almost every > RPM on the > > system. > > > > This is untested, just checking it in such that people can take it > > and improve > > it... > > > > > > Modified: trunk/scripts/start_over > > =================================================================== > > --- trunk/scripts/start_over 2006-05-24 17:11:23 UTC > (rev 4847) > > +++ trunk/scripts/start_over 2006-05-24 17:32:13 UTC > (rev 4848) > > @@ -29,53 +29,19 @@ > > my $oscar_pkg_pool = &OSCAR::PackagePath::oscar_repo_url(); > > my $distro_pkg_pool = &OSCAR::PackagePath::distro_repo_url(); > > > > +my @repos = split(",","$distro_pkg_pool,$oscar_pkg_pool"); > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = map { "--repo $_" } @repos; > > > > -my @known_rpms = qw( > > - apache > > - autoupdate > > - autoupdate-cfg-redhat > > - autoupdate-oscar > > - c3-profiled > > - c3 > > - hdf5-oscar > > - hdf5-oscar-module > > - lam-module > > - lam > > - loghost > > - mpich-oscar-module > > - mpich-oscar > > - mysql > > - mysql-common > > - mysql-server > > - netbootmgr > > - ntpconfig > > - pvm-modules-oscar > > - pvm > > - openpbs-oscar > > - openpbs-oscar-mom > > - openpbs-oscar-server > > - openpbs-oscar-gui > > - openpbs-oscar-commands > > - openpbs-oscar-client > > - sync_users-oscar > > - ssh-oscar > > - maui-oscar > > - libdbdcsv-perl > > - libappconfig-perl > > - perl-DBD-MySQL > > - rrdtool > > - systeminstaller > > - systeminstaller-x11 > > - systemconfigurator > > - systemimager-server > > - systemimager-common > > - systemimager-client > > - systemimager-i386boot > > - systemimager-ia64boot > > - env-switcher > > - modules > > - ); > > +print "##### deleting all OSCAR packages and their dependencies > > #####\n"; > > +my @opkgs = `yume-opkg --list --all`; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = map { chomp $_ } @opkgs; > > > > +# Try doing this smartly: with yume-opkg > > + > > +my $cmd = "yume-opkg ".join(" ",@repos)." --remove ".join(" > > ",@opkgs); > > +print "Executing: $cmd\n"; > > +system($cmd); > > + > > my @known_services = qw( > > dhcpd > > gmond > > @@ -88,10 +54,6 @@ > > systemimager > > ); > > > > -my @leave_rpms = qw( > > - libpng > > - ); > > - > > # find oscar home directory > > my $oscar_home = ""; > > if ( exists $ENV{OSCAR_HOME} && -d $ENV{OSCAR_HOME} ) { > > @@ -117,41 +79,6 @@ > > use lib "../lib"; > > use Carp; > > > > -my $opd_dir = "/var/lib/oscar"; > > -my @oscar_rpm_paths = (); > > - > > -# find a list of the full path names of all the non-source oscar > > rpm files, > > -# a list of the file names of all the non-source oscar rpm files, > > -# and a list of all the rpm names corresponding to the non-source > > rpm files. > > - > > -if (-d "$opd_dir") { > > - print "Searching for non-source rpm files in $oscar_home and > > $opd_dir ... "; > > - @oscar_rpm_paths = `find $oscar_home/* $opd_dir/* -name '*.rpm'`; > > -} else { > > - print "Searching for non-source rpm files in $oscar_home ... "; > > - @oscar_rpm_paths = `find $oscar_home/* -name '*.rpm'`; > > -} > > - > > -chomp @oscar_rpm_paths; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = grep( !/\.src\.rpm$/, @oscar_rpm_paths ); > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = sort_uniq( @oscar_rpm_paths ); > > -#print "oscar_rpm_paths=\n";foreach my $rpm_file > (@oscar_rpm_paths) > > {print "$rpm_file\n";} > > -my @oscar_rpm_files = @oscar_rpm_paths; > > -foreach ( @oscar_rpm_files ) { > > - $_ =~ s,^.*/,,g; > > -} > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = sort_uniq( @oscar_rpm_files ); > > -#print "oscar_rpm_files=\n";foreach my $rpm_file > (@oscar_rpm_files) > > {print "$rpm_file\n";} > > -my @oscar_rpms = @oscar_rpm_files; > > -foreach ( @oscar_rpms ) { > > -# $_ =~ s,\.[^\.]+\.rpm$,,g; > > - $_ =~ s,\-[0-9]+.*$,,g; > > -} > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = sort_uniq( @oscar_rpms ); > > -#print "oscar_rpms=\n";foreach my $rpm (@oscar_rpms){print > "$rpm\n";} > > -my $paths_count = scalar @oscar_rpm_paths; > > -print "found $paths_count rpm files.\n"; > > - > > # delete the oscar database > > > > print "Deleting oda database ...\n"; > > @@ -192,8 +119,6 @@ > > do_command( "/usr/bin/mksimachine --Delete --all" ) > > if -x "/usr/bin/mksimachine"; > > > > -uninstall_rpms(@oscar_rpms); > > - > > my %orepo_done; > > my $err = 0; > > for my $dist (keys %distro_pools) { > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and > > Risk! > > Fully trained technicians. 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