So if I wanted to bootstrap a base linux system from scratch using RPM would I disable automatic dep checking for each build of the base packages, Using the variable AutoReqProv and then install them (not forcing or using --nodeps). Then rebuild them with deps on and then upgrade the current system so they now are part of the dependency tree? Is that what it means to bootstrap the system. What I would like to do is replace my current Crux pkgtools and installed packages with a full RPM set of packages that mirror the exact packages currently on my Crux system. Kinda like swapping out one package management tool and packages for another. But at the end of the exercise I'll have just swapped entire package sets and tools. The system would be exactly the same except now be using RPM as my management tool of choice.
If this question sounds silly its because I'm totally confused as to RPM's dependency magic. I have every faith in the world that I can make the RPM's its just getting over that bootstrapping mumbo jumbo. Thanks for any info you may provide... ===== aka: majic code: http://sapphire.sf.net , http://aewmpp.sunsite.dk __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
