On 03/03/2013 05:28 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: >> On 03/03/2013 04:39 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> Am 03.03.2013 22:35, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>>> In the packages section of my kickstart I have: >>>> >>>> -avahi >>>> >>>> and I am still getting avahi and all of its rpms installed. I don't >>>> want avahi on my servers, how do I specify in a kickstart to NOT install it? >>> do not install packages which requires avahi? >>> which they are? >>> >>> try "yum remove avahi" and see what it lists after install.... >>> >> The list is too long. It includes firstboot! Easier just to disable it >> after install as I have been doing. Just thought I could prevent it >> from installing in the first place. I can put a %post in to turn it off >> at least. > yes, that was my conclusion too. If you run a centos desktop (like I > do), it simply wants to remove the whole gnome ;-). > > So we have cfengine stop the avahi-daemon service plus if the > avahi-daemon process is running for whatever reason it gets stopped. Looks a bit too much to take on at this point. But I will put a link in my notes for future study. Thanks.