%traceback section in config file?

Chris Lumens clumens at redhat.com
Fri Jan 23 21:51:28 UTC 2009


> According to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart, there's a  
> %traceback section in the config file. That term appears only once on  
> that page, and I couldn't find a reference to it anywhere using google.
>
> Does such a section exist, and if so, what does it do?
>
> Just curious. Thanks.

Yes, a %traceback is a type of script just like a %pre or %post.  It
executes in the event anaconda gets a traceback, which is a python
error.  We use these for automated install testing and reporting.  I
don't think they are overly useful to end users, but who knows.

- Chris




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