Anaconda Traceback when using %pre scripts

[Peter Åstrand]

On Sat, 3 May 2008, Peter Åstrand wrote:

> > > > Suddenly, the Anaconda installer gives me tracebacks when using %pre 
> > > > scripts. I can see the last part of the traceback:
> > > > 
> > > > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 90, 
> > > >     os.chmod("%s" % messages, 0600)
> > > > 
> > > > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'False'
> 
> I've now been able to reproduce the problem with a ks.cfg as small as:
> 
> url --url http://ourserver/PATH
> %pre
> uname -a > /tmp/myuname
> %end

The regression is in pykickstart. If I build:

1) Without updates at all

2) With all updates except pykickstart

...%pre scripts works. 

My conclusion is that %pre scripts in the latest pykickstart is broken. It 
remains the find which patch is causing this. 

Regards, 
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