[Distutils] [buildout] recipes useful to setup a whole machine

[Jim Fulton]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a hair-brained notion of using a buildout to set up an entire
>>> machine. Has anyone done this before? (Jim, didn't you say ZC do this a
>>> lot?)
>>
>> No, we use buildouts to build rpms.
>
> Ah, okay, do you have an automated machine setup process for the resulting
> rpms or do you just install them by hand?

We use a combination of cobbler and yum.

Jim

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Jim Fulton