SuSE 9.2 missing packages in 5 cds

[David Kramer]

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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:09:48 +0100
To: suse-linux-e at suse.com
Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 9.2 missing packages in 5 cds

> Hi,
> A friend of me, gave the 5 cds of suse 9.2 to install them. I am a suse
> user since version 8.0, and the the past two versions the installation
> have been made from the dvd's (version 9.0 and 9.1).
> I noticed that from the version of 9.2 a lot of packages are missing (a
> lot of devel packages) and ,one important package for me, the
> gcc-fortran.
> I searched the package list on the net and found that for example
> fortran is on dvd1. So, does the cd version os suse have less packages?

Yes, there are 1621 rpms on the DVD that aren't on the CDs. I have a list on 
ftp://rydsbo.net/pub/CD-DVD-diff