How to specify package groups for CentOS (or other)? about distrobuilder HOT 4 CLOSED

Install package groups relates to the usage of yum. Please refer to the yum documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E37355/html/ol_about_yum_groups.html

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A config file does not specify yum commands though. It specifies a list of package names. Is there a way to specify package groups in the config file too?

I'm looking at the section starting at line 130 in https://github.com/lxc/distrobuilder/blob/master/doc/examples/centos

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I got you point.
Looking at the code, I dont see any group support for yum.
One workaround for you is to use a custom package pulling all the group you need as dependency.

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@stevecj @rakotomandimby I'd recommend using the post-packages action if you need to install package groups. It's unlikely that we will add special group package handling since most package managers don't support this.

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