On 08/03/2011 01:32 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Karanbir Singh wrote: >> On 08/02/2011 05:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>>> Anyway, wouldn't this break "binary compatibility with upstream"? >>> Agreed - it is something that upstream should provide too. Or at least >>> a yum group or list of packages in a form that yum would understand to >>> install them later. >>> >> >> So the interesting thing about that is - that no, it wont break upstream >> compatibility; since the groups that are put in are done by us - >> remember that upstream has varients that we dont, and their process and >> policy around those varients depends on various non technical factors ( >> eg. how much money you paid for the subscription that in turn got you >> the install media ). >> > Is it possible to create yum groups that overlap with other groups? So > we/they/whoever could add several selected groups. This means that one > package could be in several groups. I think that happens pretty regularly and should be as harmless as yum install $EXISTING_PACKAGE -Iwao