Re: Splitting the distribution for CDs
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Joost Kooij wrote:
[snip]
> > Can Deity handle several CDs sequentially ? (If not, what will we do ?)
>
> I think that at least dselect can handle this fine. Just keep al the
> packages mentioned in one Packages file (which /could/ be duplicated on
> the second cd.) One would then only need to run "Install" on each cd in
> turn. The only care that needs to be taken is to ensure that no packages
> on the first cd depend on stuff that is on the second cd.
Note, that by current policy (section 2.2) `no package may depend on a
package with lower priority value.' Thus, if we put only packages out
of main with priority required to standard on the first CD-ROM, and
everything else on the second, everything should be fine.
Thanks,
Chris
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