%include syntax and usage

[Robert Denton]

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
>
>
>
> -----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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