On Saturday 03 February 2007 16:28, Joachim Frieben wrote:
No need to get sarcastic. I mentioned "expect" only as an example, and it's not even required: already now, the -interactive- user input during an "anaconda" install procedure is processed in order to produce a valid kickstart file for later use. I do not see any fundamental difference in this respect. If packages can be selected by the user at will at install time, why not prompt him in case of anbiguities when the dependencies get processed? Once the final package selection has been established, it can be retained for the kickstart file, and for later automated installs, this question does not even need to be asked again, ... right?
Because the only time this question comes up is _not_ the installer. And you don't use the installer to generate a kickstart file, many of us are perfectly happy creating those by hand, or porting them forward from previous releases.
Look, rpm/yum transactions need to be able to be non-interactive. Period.