mention package groups as a parameter along with ks file ?

linux brainstack linux.brainstack at gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 07:32:47 UTC 2008


under anaconda logs i see

* Running kickstart %pre script(s)
* WARNING - Error code 32512 encountered running a kickstart %pre/%post
script
* All kickstart %pre script(s) have been run

Any clues on where i am messing up ?

Thanks !

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM, linux brainstack <
linux.brainstack at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no such file :(
> Under /tmp i cant see such file.
>
> Regarding one package per line - i had added sed to replace , by \n so that
> should take care of it.
>
> Any clues on why the file is not created ?
>
> Thanks !
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Pablo Iranzo Gómez <
> Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>>        Check exact contents of /tmp/packagelist, and be sure to specify
>> packages one per line ;)
>>
>>        Regards
>>        Pablo
>>
>>
>> El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 12:36 +0530, linux brainstack escribió:
>> > Hi,
>> > Thanks for your reply.
>> >
>> > I tried the below stuff with no success.. Am i doing something wrong ?
>> > Under %pre i added -
>> > cat /proc/cmdline |awk -F "packages=" '{print $2}' |sed 's/,/\n/g'  >
>> /tmp/packagelist
>> >
>> > %include  /tmp/packagelist
>> >
>> > So this turns out like
>> > If i specify
>> > packages=@kde, at WEb Server"
>> > Then /tmp/packagelist would have
>> > @kde
>> > @Web Server
>> >
>> > But these groups are not installed.
>> >
>> > Anaconda.cfg has
>> > %packages --resolvedeps
>> > grub
>> > kernel-smp
>> > e2fsprogs
>> > lvm2
>> >
>> > %post
>> >
>> >
>> > Any clues ?
>> >
>> > Thanks !
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Pablo Iranzo Gómez
>> > <Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >                You can:
>> >
>> >                ask at %pre and do an %include of a file with each
>> >         package requested
>> >                ask at %post and trigger a yum install on each one
>> >                pass them as kernel parameters like packages="package1
>> >         package2
>> >         package3 @group1" and then process at %pre the /proc/cmdline
>> >         to write an
>> >         extra packages section to be %include
>> >
>> >                Regards
>> >                Pablo
>> >
>> >         El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 11:50 +0530, linux brainstack
>> >         escribió:
>> >
>> >         > Hello,
>> >         > I have created a kickstart file which has @ Base under
>> >         Software.
>> >         > But i want a way to mention additional package groups at
>> >         runtime when
>> >         > the kickstart is triggered.
>> >         >
>> >         > Is there any way ?
>> >         > Either %post asking for package group name
>> >         > OR
>> >         > along with ks file path we add one more parameter
>> >         packagegroup name ?
>> >         >
>> >         > Any Thoughts / Ideas ?
>> >         >
>> >         > Thanks.
>> >
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