[wpkg-users] default profile?

[Andrew Struiksma]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:10:40, Rainer Meier wrote:
> So if you want all hosts to have the same set of default packages just 
> do something like:
> 
> <profile id='default'>
>   <package package-id='package1' />
>   <package package-id='package2' />
> </profile>
> 
> <profile id='profile1'>
>   <depends profile-id='default' />
>   <package package-id='package3' />
> </profile>
> 
> <profile id='profile2'>
>   <depends profile-id='default' />
>   <package package-id='package4' />
>   <package package-id='package5' />
> </profile>
> ...
> 
> As all profiles have a dependency on the "default" profile this makes 
> WPKG "include" the defintions in the "default" profile into the scope 
> of profile1 and profile2. So if you update something in the "default" 
> profile it will affect profile1/profile2-hosts too.

I have our profiles setup this way but on occasion it would be nice to be able to EXCLUDE a default packages without creating/maintaining any entirely new profile. Is there any way to exclude packages? Using your example above, it would be nice to be able to do something like:

<profile id='profile3'>
  <depends profile-id='default' />
  <blockpackage package-id='package1' />
</profile>

I have over 10 packages in my default profile and every now and then we have a special case where we don't want to install one of the default package on a host (or batch of hosts).

Thanks,

Andrew