Redhat 6 gui installation VS kickstart gives me different packages?

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Published on 2012-11-08T08:34:02Z Indexed on 2013/06/27 16:23 UTC
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If i do the graphical install and select basic server + aide and screen i get a system with 535 installed packages.

If i look at the /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file in that freshly installed system i see:

%packages
@base
@console-internet
@core
@debugging
@directory-client
@hardware-monitoring
@java-platform
@large-systems
@network-file-system-client
@performance
@perl-runtime
@security-tools
@server-platform
@server-policy
@system-admin-tools
pax
python-dmidecode
oddjob
sgpio
certmonger
pam_krb5
krb5-workstation
nscd
pam_ldap
nss-pam-ldapd
perl-DBD-SQLite
aide
screen

If i then install a NEW system using a kickstart only containing those packages i get 620 installed packages.

So basicly my question is why does the system install almost 100 more packages when using kickstart compared to the GUI installation when the exact same packagegroups are selected?

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