[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart Template Issues

[Colin Coe]

Yes, try that

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 8:24 PM Raymond Setchfield <
raymond.setchfield at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Colin
>
> Thank you for your assistance on this. Yes, its all very fustrating,
> especially when you can't figure out what is actually wrong :)
>
> Are you suggesting that removing $() and replacing it with just ``?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ray
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 5:59 AM Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, I just got this in one of my kickstart profiles when using
>> "$(something)".  If I change it to "`something`" then the error goes away...
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 8:34 AM Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Historically, I see this when I comment out some shell script, like:
>>>
>>> #if sometest
>>>
>>> The fix to the above is to a space between the hash and 'if' like below:
>>>
>>> # if sometest
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I couldn't see anything obvious so I created a new kickstart profile on
>>> my Satellite v5.8 system using your post script.  There were no templating
>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I know this isn't that helpful...
>>>
>>> CC
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 6:43 PM Raymond Setchfield <
>>> raymond.setchfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am experiencing some problems around the kickstart templates, and I
>>>> am attempting to following the guidelines, but it looks like I am still
>>>> running into problems.
>>>>
>>>> I am receiving an error message of;
>>>> # There is a templating error preventing this file from rendering
>>>> correctly.
>>>> #
>>>> # This is most likely not due to a bug in Cobbler and is something you
>>>> can fix.
>>>> #
>>>> # Look at the message below to see what things are causing problems.
>>>> #
>>>> # (1) Does the template file reference a $variable that is not defined?
>>>> # (2) is there a formatting error in a Cheetah directive?
>>>> # (3) Should dollar signs ($) be escaped that are not being escaped?
>>>> #
>>>> # Try fixing the problem and then investigate to see if this message
>>>> goes
>>>> # away or changes.
>>>> #
>>>> #
>>>> # unexpected EOF while parsing (<string>, line 1)
>>>> #   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/templar.py", line
>>>> 142, in render
>>>> #     data_out = t.respond()
>>>> #
>>>> #   File
>>>> "cheetah_DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate_1535020182_58_55849.py", line
>>>> 445, in respond
>>>> #
>>>> #   File
>>>> "cheetah_DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate_1535020182_58_55849.py", line
>>>> 77, in __errorCatcher2
>>>> #
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible someone could please have a look at the kickstart
>>>> template I am attempting to use, or could someone please share a template
>>>> which they are using which has variables etc. So at least I can take a look
>>>> at possible issues of where I am going wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Many Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Ray
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