[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart Template Issues

[Colin Coe]

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 8:25 PM Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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