Re: Can't get files to %include

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.

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