Can't get files to %include

[Adrian Cruceru]

Hi John,

The %include directives are parsed and used immediately after "%pre".
This information is used for the install process that is between %pre 
and %post.

Anything you do in %post is too late, system is already installed... you 
can't really specify install packet list "x" after it's already installed...

Not to mention the fact that %post is already chrooted in the installed 
system, and the "/tmp" folder points to hard disk instead of ram disk.

Notes:
- This is very simplified and is the general picture. (removed details 
that might confuse)

Regards,
Adrian

On 24/04/2012 14:35, John Oliver wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:57:33AM +0200, Michael Hayes M wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Adrian is correct in saying that you need to specify anything in the pre section, because it's then that anything can be set.
> Again, I'm not following.  Does %include simply not work anywhere but in
> %pre?  I cannot find a single bit of documentation that says word one
> about that.
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html
> says:
>
> %include (optional)
> Use the %include /path/to/file command to include the contents of
> another file in the kickstart file as though the contents were at the
> location of the %include command in the kickstart file.
>
> And that doesn't explain why I can %include a file on the DVD but cannot
> after copying that file to /tmp
>
>> If you put something into /tmp in the pre section, then before the pre section ends, copy it to /mnt/sysimage/tmp and then once in the post section, it will be in /tmp and available for you use.
> Except it isn't, as I mentioned in my original post.
>
>> Basically, /tmp from the pre section is no longer available in the post section (but it is available in a post section if you specify --nochroot).
>> What was in /mnt/sysimage/tmp is now in /tmp in the post section
> I'm aware of that.  But, again, as stated in my original post, when I
> copy files from /tmp to /mnt/sysimage/tmp and then refer to /tmp in
> %post, the %include does not work.
>