On 09/15/2014 08:06 PM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
On 09/07/2014 06:22 PM, Alan Evangelista wrote:
I'd like to understand better the purpose of the generic templated
scripts available in the
scripts directory in Cobbler repository. The script() method in
cobbler/services.py seems
to be the responsible for creating these and, according to
documentation, the purpose
is to generate scripts based on snippets useful for post or late
action where it
is difficult to embed the script in the kickstart/autoyast/preseed
file. I see only two
of those in upstream Cobbler: preseed_early_default and
preseed_late_default.
These scripts only include snippets and are only used in sample
preseed available
in kickstarts/ directory. I dont understand why these 2 scripts could
not be embedded
directly in the sample preseed.
Is anyone using this feature?
Regards,
Alan Evangelista
Considering the lack of answers and apparent lack of interest in this
feature, do we
need to keep it in the future versions of Cobbler? Removing it would
make code simpler.
Regards,
Alan Evangelista
I am very much interested in this feature. The problem is that preseed
file that is used in debian/ubunty installer (d-i) is a lot less
convenient then kickstart. In particular, early- and late- installation
scripts are not very easy to configure. I had to cook a one line command
with some sort of black magic to make it work if I used snippets. I hope
those scripts made it easier and more readable. I never got a chance to
give them a try, but it is on my to-do list. I am not sure who
contributed this feature to cobbler, but the lack of documentation or
use-case example make them less appealing. I think, they work as some
sort of wrappers, which are not necessary for anaconda-based installations.
This mail list is not very active lately, unfortunately, but lack of the
answer does not mean lack of interst
Leon
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