Question about loading updates via kickstart with "--nodeps" option

bbartick_at_us.nomura.com
Date: 07/14/05

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    Hi!

    We currently have a kickstart environment setup that along with loading
    the operating system, runs a post installation script that does a
    number of things. One of the functions of the post installation script
    is to update the just installed rpm packages. We have on our kickstart
    server a directory that contains the latest rpm packages. Our post
    installation script basically just loops through all of these packges
    and does a "rpm -Uvh --nodeps" install. This doesn't seem correct to me
    since I'd imagine certain things might break due to dependencies. Can
    someone please explain whether this is a good idea or not? I've
    mentioned this to someone in the office and he responded "that as long
    as you pull down all of the necessary updates for a standard build,
    then it doesn't matter what order they are installed as long as they
    all get done." This just doesn't seem correct to me.

    Thanks

    brett bartick

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