Setting environment variable

[John Summerfield]

Bob Huisman wrote:
> I am currently writing a kickstart script that must install a base
> system and some custom packages. Each of those packages has 2
> 'versions', a fully automated one and one that just deploys the
> software. Which version to deploy is determined by an environment
> variable read in the .spec file.
> 
> I have been thinking about making a package which sets some of the
> environment variables, and have that installed too, but I understood
> that the order of installation of packages is not always the same...
> 
> As the system has just been installed, there are no pre-set environment
> variables which can be used. I was wondering whether and how it is
> possible to set an environment variable before installation of any
> custom packages?
> 
> I am using RHEL 5 with RHN Satellite 5 beta. Anyone who has a suggestion
> on how to deal with this problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance!

One can set environment variables from the commandline when booting the 
kernel. Any "key=val" pairs appear in the environment.


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