[wpkg-users] Blacklist package(s)

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Tue May 20 08:23:44 CEST 2008


Vladimír Pšenička schrieb:
> Hello.
> 
> Is it any option to blacklist package(s) based on hostname in default
> profile (or any other profile)?
> 
> Example:
> 
> I have default profile (about 20 packages), which apply on all machines,
> but I found one package (by install) to hang some workstation(s) (BSOD
> etc.). Before I resolve this, it is good have option to temporary
> disable this package for specific host(s)
> 
> Exaple of hosts.xml:
> 
> <host name=".+" profile-id="default" />
> <host name="machine01" blacklist-package-id="winxpsp3" />
> 
> What do you think about this?

The idea is good, but currently, there is no way to implement it.

The closest you can do it to make a special script as an installation 
command, which will start a proper installation depending on host name, 
motherboard, hardware version etc.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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