On Thu, 2018-04-26 at 21:20:44 +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:34:23 +0200, Steffen Grunewald > >>>>> <steffen.grunew...@aei.mpg.de> said: > > > Is it possible to specify "a | b" in a package_config file, so that "a" > > gets installed if available, and "b" otherwise? > FAI only creates a long list of package names and then calls apt-get, > aptitude or apt. If one of those tools provides a function like install > a if available or b otherwise, then FAI cloud use it. FAI itself does > not have this function yet. Patches are welcome ;-)
apt-get install "a | b" doesn't work. > I wonder if any of the config management tools provides such a function? Not directly, I'm afraid - but what seems to be feasible is to create a metapackage that has "a | b" as its only install dependency, and add that to the package list. Of course, the primary goal is to fix the underlying problem - which may take longer than the time I have to come up with a working setup though. Thanks, S
