Hi Chip, thanks for the response!! I didn't mean to disparage your
comment at all. I appreciate any and all suggestions. I understand
that the size of even the largest kickstart config file is trivial
compared to the overall build but I was hoping to keep it short and
neat anyway. Are you aware of any thorough documentation discussing
the include directive? I cannot even find that, other than a few
missives here and there that state the syntax is:
%include /path/to/file
the /path/to/file is apparently a little trickier than it looks.
Robert Denton
Network Administrator
Headsprout
800.401.5062 x1305
www.headsprout.com
On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Shabazian, Chip wrote:
Sorry, you didn't explain WHY you were doing it, you just asked for a
solution.
My kickstart file also has a very large exclusion list, that is
used for
all kickstarts. I then include some packages back into the build for
certain builds based on the decisioning logic that is in the %pre.
Yes, this is all stored in the kickstart file, but it allows me to use
one kickstart file to build thousands of distributed servers a year
with
differing requirements. At the end of the day, if the kickstart
file is
huge, it's still very small compared to the number of packages you
will
have to transfer across the wire, and it should have no impact on how
long it takes to build a box.
Chip
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Subject: Re: %include syntax and usage
Hm.. But if you build the list dynamically in the %pre section, isn't
this still in the kickstart config file? I am trying to separate out
the packages because I have a long list of packages and package
exclusions.
Robert Denton
Network Administrator
Headsprout
800.401.5062 x1305
www.headsprout.com
On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Shabazian, Chip wrote:
The way I do this is to create the file I want, along with the
decisioning logic in %pre.
Example
if xxxxx ; then
cat << EOF >> /tmp/pkg2include
pkg1
pkg2
etc
EOF
Then in the %packages, I use
%include /tmp/pkg2include
I think I ran into problems when the file doesn't exist, so I added:
touch /tmp/pkg2include
at the end of the %pre so the file was there, even if it was empty.
Chip
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From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Denton
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:40 AM
To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: %include syntax and usage
Hello all,
I am hoping someone can help me with this. I am trying to
separate my
%packages list into a different file using the %include directive.
I am
finding that no matter what I try, the install aborts due to not
being
able to see the packages file. Hhere si the set up:
I build the linux computers via http, typing this at the boot prompt:
linux ks=http://10.10.10.52/ks.cfg
This points the install to the kickstart config which is located here
on my webserver:
/var/build/linux/ks.cfg
Also in that directory is 'packages'
/var/build/linux/packages
In the kickstart file I have tried all of these and none have worked:
%include packages
%include ./packages
%include /var/build/linux/packages
%include http://10.10.10.52/packages
Could someone give me some pointers on the syntax? Thanks!
Robert Denton
Network Administrator
Headsprout
800.401.5062 x1305
www.headsprout.com
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