A FAQ that I have brought up on numerous occasions on IRC involves
'getting rid of bad cobbler metavariables'.
If I were to set a wrong ks_meta variable NAME, how do I get rid of the
NAME without taking out ks_meta entirely.
E.g.
`cobbler system add --name=NAME --ksmeta='arg0=val0 arg1=val1
*art2*=val2 ... argN=valN' ...`
There are quite a number of scenarios where I don't want to remove all
of ksmeta, but only a mistyped variable name. I have heard about the
'!ARG' syntax:
E.g.
`cobbler system edit --in-place --name=NAME --ksmeta='*!art2*'`
Supposedly this syntax will, upon deserialization of the JSON, clear the
ks_meta namespace of *art2*; however, upon issuing a report on a given
entity, the flawed variable will still appear along with the negated
variable.
I.e.
ks_meta : 'arg0=val0 arg1=val1 *art2*=*val2* ... argN=valN *!art2*'
For those who make use of this data for inventory or other purposes, the
'!VAR' notation does not cut it. I would like a definitive explanation
of how to remove bad metavariables irrespective of deserialization.
Thanks,
- A.
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