%include syntax and usage

[Shabazian, Chip]

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

 

-----Original Message-----
From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert Denton
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:07 AM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert Denton
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:40 AM
> To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
> 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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