What is a minimal "orthogonal basis" for RHEL 6.1?
We wish to deploy the simplest possible RHEL. Is there a strategy for determining which RPMs are essential for basic functionality?
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You could use the redhat-lsb package pull in minimal programs and libraries for a system. The redhat-lsb packages in RHEL-6.1 wont work for you, since they have been modified to pull in redhat-lsb-printing and redhat-lsb-desktop as well (broken lsb-4.0 standards -- it puts some printing and desktop packages in core as well. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585947).
If you're looking to use redhat-lsb to build your minimal system then you may want to follow this route:
* Install using redhat-lsb from rhel-6.0 (redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.el6)
* Remove the redhat-lsb package
* Update your system to rhel-6.1 using 'yum update'
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Siddhesh
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