david wrote: > Folks > > I have encountered a situation with YUM that isn't what I expected. > > Let's suppose I want to install a group, call it G. My first > question would be -- is the group already installed. Realize all of > this is scripted. > > So, I use > yum groupinfo > and I see the list of installed groups, and those not yet installed. > > If group G is in the list of installed groups, one would think that > there's no point in issuing a "groupinstall". > > But, to my surprise, a group can be listed as "installed", only to > find that a groupinstall will actually do a lot of installs. > > So, I had to adapt my script to perform a "groupinfo G", parse the > modules, and individually test them to see if they need installation. > > I do not understand this behavior -- group G is shown as "installed", > but it really isn't. If you need the group installed, why not just issue the 'yum groupinstall' - if all the RPMS are already installed, then yum does nothing - if not, it will install what you need - i.e. yum will do what you need without extra scripting. James Pearson