A RHEL 6 installation at work does the following: manual: 243 kickstart: 417 %packages @core @server-policy creating support ticket. 2014/1/13 Darod Zyree <darodzyree at gmail.com> > Someone else noticing "more packages", back in November 2012, using a > kickstart for deployment: > http://serverfault.com/questions/446636/redhat-6-gui-installation-vs-kickstart-gives-me-different-packages > > > 2014/1/13 Darod Zyree <darodzyree at gmail.com> > >> 180 extra packages according to this compare >> >> [darod at testserver ~]$ comm -3 kickstart manual >> >> output: >> abrt-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-addon-ccpp-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-addon-python-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-cli-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-libs-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> abrt-tui-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 >> acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64 >> alsa-lib-1.0.22-3.el6.x86_64 >> alsa-utils-1.0.22-5.el6.x86_64 >> at-3.1.10-43.el6_2.1.x86_64 >> 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sysstat-9.0.4-22.el6.x86_64 >> system-config-firewall-tui-1.2.27-5.el6.noarch >> system-config-network-tui-1.6.0.el6.2-1.el6.noarch >> systemtap-runtime-2.3-3.el6.x86_64 >> tcpdump-4.0.0-3.20090921gitdf3cb4.2.el6.x86_64 >> tcp_wrappers-7.6-57.el6.x86_64 >> tcsh-6.17-24.el6.x86_64 >> time-1.7-37.1.el6.x86_64 >> tmpwatch-2.9.16-4.el6.x86_64 >> traceroute-2.0.14-2.el6.x86_64 >> unzip-6.0-1.el6.x86_64 >> usbutils-003-4.el6.x86_64 >> usermode-1.102-3.el6.x86_64 >> vconfig-1.9-8.1.el6.x86_64 >> vim-common-7.2.411-1.8.el6.x86_64 >> vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.x86_64 >> virt-what-1.11-1.2.el6.x86_64 >> wget-1.12-1.8.el6.x86_64 >> wireless-tools-29-5.1.1.el6.x86_64 >> words-3.0-17.el6.noarch >> xdg-utils-1.0.2-17.20091016cvs.el6.noarch >> xmlrpc-c-1.16.24-1210.1840.el6.x86_64 >> xmlrpc-c-client-1.16.24-1210.1840.el6.x86_64 >> xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 >> xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.x86_64 >> yum-plugin-security-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch >> yum-utils-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch >> zip-3.0-1.el6.x86_64 >> >> >> 2014/1/13 Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com> >> >>> On 01/12/2014 06:01 PM, Darod Zyree wrote: >>> > On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 11:47 +1300, Clint Dilks wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> How about using rpm to see what extra packages are installed then we >>> may be >>> >> able to work out why. >>> >> >>> >> Perform a Manual install and save the result of rpm -qa | sort, then >>> run >>> >> your KickStart based installed and run the same command. A diff >>> between >>> >> the two results should show whats extra packages are being installed. >>> :) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Darod Zyree <darodzyree at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 22:20 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/12/2014 10:10 PM, Darod Zyree wrote: >>> >>>>> Hi, >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Does anyone know why an Anaconda Kickstart installation deploys >>> more >>> >>> rpm >>> >>>>> packages than a manual "basic" installation? >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> In both cases the following package groups were installed/used >>> >>> according >>> >>>>> to anaconda-ks.cfg in root home directory: @core, @server-policy, >>> >>>>> @workstation-policy >>> >>>> >>> >>>> what ones are more or which ones are missing ? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> also compare the anaconda-ks.cfg left behind on both attempts, are >>> you >>> >>>> sure the %packages section looks identical ? >>> >>>> >>> >>> My kickstart installation does 397 RPM packages. >>> >>> A manual installation does 217 RPM packages. >>> >>> >>> >>> My kickstart installation uses only an OS repository; no updates, >>> epel >>> >>> or anything like that for this test. >>> >>> >>> >>> This repository was created using rsync and centos 6.5 iso. >>> >>> >>> >>> Kickstart package list: >>> >>> %packages >>> >>> @core >>> >>> @server-policy >>> >>> @workstation-policy >>> >>> >>> >>> Which is the same as choosing the "minimal" installation type during >>> >>> manual anaconda as shown in the /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file after the >>> >>> manual installation is completed. >>> >>> >>> > >>> > see attachment diff >>> >>> The mail list does not accept attachments. 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