Re: If I don't install RPMs...

[arthur m coucouvitis <acoucouvitis atipa com>]

  hello, Karen

> ...It seems logical to not select things during the
> install that I will later add separately.  But I don't know what RPMs are
> actually installed when I choose "Mail Server" or "Web Server" during
> install,...
> ...Is there a way to determine what RPMs are actually installed for
> each category choice in the install routine?
  the group definitions are in
/mnt/cdrom/RedHat/base/comps
  that'll show you what gets loaded when you select a
group.

> Do you think I should install all
> the applicable categories and then remove just the RPMs I am replacing
  from what i've seen, that generally works fine, 
there are a few rpms
  that can't remove directories like emacs

> On a related but different note, when I remove an RPM and instead "make" and
> "make install" something that I want run as a daemon, there is, of course,
> no script in /etc/rc.d/init.d to start and stop the daemon.  What is
> typically done for this
  save/use the one from the package that you removed
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