provides a means to declare in /var/www/html/install-rpms/PACKAGES the

list of repos that should be subject to /etc/plc.d/packages rehashing

diff --git a/plc.d/packages b/plc.d/packages
index 56c0450..77dcbf4 100755 (executable)
--- a/plc.d/packages
+++ b/plc.d/packages
@@ -108,12 +108,21 @@ case "$1" in
 
        mode=$1; shift
 
-       if [[ -z "$@" ]] ; then
-           # use all subdirs in install-rpms by default
-           repositories=/var/www/html/install-rpms/*
-       else
-           # else use argv
+       # on PLC there is a need to select the repos as there are quite a few in there
+       # would contain names or patterns relative to install-rpms
+       explicit_list=/var/www/html/install-rpms/PACKAGES
+
+       # use argv if provided
+       if [[ -n "$@" ]] ; then
            repositories="$@"
+       elif [ -f $explicit_list ] ; then
+           repositories=""
+           for name in $(grep -v '#' $explicit_list); do 
+               repositories="$repositories /var/www/html/install-rpms/$name"
+           done
+       else
+           # use all subdirs in install-rpms by default
+           repositories=/var/www/html/install-rpms/*
        fi
 
        ##########