On May 14, 2009, at 23:36, nate wrote:
hmm, is your package selection particularly complex? In my case I list hundreds of packages in my %packages section I don't have groups and stuff. I assume your using a stock CentOS install and you didn't put any of your own 3rd party rpms in the installation and update the comps.xml(?) file to include them?
No, it's not very complex (see below). I use a stock CentOS install for kickstart, but I do install some packages from the RPMforge repo during the post installation phase. I've been using this package list for years with some minor modifications:
%packages @ admin-tools @ authoring-and-publishing @ base @ base-x @ development-tools @ editors @ emacs @ engineering-and-scientific @ games @ gnome-desktop @ gnome-software-development @ graphical-internet @ graphics @ kde-desktop @ kde-software-development @ legacy-software-development @ office @ printing @ server-cfg @ smb-server @ sound-and-video @ system-tools @ text-internet @ web-server @ x-software-development -dmraid -yum-updatesd boost boost-devel dejagnu ElectricFence foomatic expect minicom mkisofs ncurses-devel openmotif system-config-boot system-config-kickstart system-switch-mail system-switch-mail-gnome vim-X11 wireshark-gnome
I'm not sure what to suggest..if your packages selection is complex try simplifying it. I believe what is going on during that stage is it's calculating all of the dependencies and stuff.
I've tried removing a few things from the package list, but it still hung. Maybe I'll check the list archives for how to do a minimal install and try that, and then manually add all the remaining packages I need to see if that fixes the problem.
Alfred