<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Dec 16, 2008, at 9:00 PM, John Frazier wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">I would like to build an rpm that does nothing but install other rpms. My idea is that I can use this rpm to manage and track groups of rpms that have been installed on our systems. Is this just crazy or is it feasible. I look forward to hearing from you any alternate ideas would be greatly appreciated as well.<br> </div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>Not crazy, and what I call "package bundles" have not only been feasible,</div><div>but have actually been attempted and are known to "work"</div><div>for more than 6+ years now, using rpm, all versions.</div><div><br></div><div>(aside)</div><div>I use scarequotes advisedly, there are many who disagree "work".</div><div>You will have to form your own opinions. The $64K question to</div><div>ask when someone claims that "package bundles" don't work, won't work,</div><div>and are a bad idea as well, is</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Have you ever tried to create/install a "package bundle"?<br></div><div>and listen to the reply carefully.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a description of current work-in-progess @rpm5.org to address</div><div>remaining issues from the last feature request for "package bundles",</div><div>the previous RFE for essentially the same feature was on this list IIRC,</div><div>about a month ago:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://rpm5.org/community/rpm-devel/3245.html">http://rpm5.org/community/rpm-devel/3245.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Again, not crazy, "package bundles" are entirely feasible and reasonable imho.</div><div><br></div><div>73 de Jeff</div></body></html>