Hello All, Not sure this is the perfect place to post, but you are such a helpful bunch, I thought I'd give it a crack.
In several previous jobs I've put together automated builds for Windows boxes, complete with app installs, configuration, bla bla. Now in a new role, I need to develop an automated framework to cover Linux (RHEL), Solaris and Windows. This will probably be in python, so I'll try and have a common menu system asking a sensible set of questions at the beginning. What general techniques would you guys recommend for automated builds of Linux/Solaris? Is it as simple as partitioning, untarring an appropriate set of files and writing some config out? It certainly has to be easier than the rather convoluted Windows process :) Any advice/suggestions gratefully received. Cheers from sunny London, Paul p.s. I'm trying to make a case for use of Gentoo internally (I find Gentoo package management easier and more flexible than yum/deb) - but since I'm working for an investment fund, the powers that be are keen on the cozy supportedness of RHEL. Any suggestions here welcome too! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
