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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Adrian,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve done that and it’s working perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the pointer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:windowtext'> Adrian Cruceru [mailto:crucerua@avaya.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 April 2012 08:37<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">kickstart-list@redhat.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Variables in the
%include and repo lines</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Michael,<br>
<br>
Why not include generic name:<br>
<br>
%include /tmp/repo.txt<br>
%include /tmp/files.txt<br>
<br>
and in pre just copy/output to those files<br>
<br>
%pre<br>
echo "</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>repo --name ${inst_type} --baseurl=<a
href="file:///\\tmp\APP\$">file:///tmp/APP/$</a>{inst_type}/packages" >
/tmp/repo.txt<br>
<br>
cp /tmp/APP/${inst_type}/${config}/packages.inc<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><span
lang=EN-IE> </span><u1:p></u1:p>/tmp/files.txt<br>
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Regards,<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Adrian</st1:place></st1:City><br>
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On 04/11/2012 06:49 PM, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael Hayes M</st1:PersonName>
wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Just wondering if anyone can help me
here.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’m writing a modular kickstart. I
have a large number of machines to install, but I’m only responsible for the
base install, other groups configure their apps etc<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So, I’ve defined a repo as<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>repo --name ${inst_type} --baseurl=<a
href="file:///\\tmp\APP\$">file:///tmp/APP/$</a>{inst_type}/packages<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>and an include of a package list as<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>%include
/tmp/APP/${inst_type}/${config}/packages.inc<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In the %pre section, I source the
inst_type and config variables with:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>cat
/tmp/eric_mnt/kickstart/${HOSTNAME}/${HOSTNAME}_installation_param_details |
sed 's/^/export /g' > /tmp/params.cfg<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>source /tmp/params.cfg<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And that works as I use them in the
pre section for other things as well.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The problem is that the install just
stops, sometime after the pre scripts are run, about when I’d expect it to
start installing the base packages, without giving me an error I can understand.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>But, if I hard code those variables
into the %include and repo lines, the build completes.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can anyone tell me if variables are
not allowed in either the %include or repo lines?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mike<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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