smart Digest, Vol 21, Issue 7

[Grant McWilliams]

>
> Grant McWilliams wrote: (snip top of upside-down reply)
>
> > Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> >> Where does yum get the group definitions from?
>
> > Not sure, I assumed it kept track of they rpm Group: item. Actually
> > how does Smart gui sort things by group? I'm guessing the same way Yum
> > keeps track of groups..
>
> Yum gets the group definitions from the comps.xml, same as what the
> Anaconda installer uses. It's not related to the RPM Group: that the
> packages have.
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/
> i386/os/repodata/comps.xml
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/
> i386/comps.xml
>
> Such Group support in Smart would be cool.
>
> --anders



But doesn't createrepo get that from the Group: field in the rpms then build
the comps.xml file or am I way off? I just know in the repo I'm managing my
custom rpms are showing up in their own group and the only thing I'm doing
is create the specs and run createrepo.


Grant
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