Re: Are there any scripts to generate an updated Kickstart image?

["Alexander Rau" <alex rau ca>]

You might want to look at http://kickstart-tools.sourceforge.net/
It has a script ks_updates that might just do what you are looking for.

AR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans Deragon" <hans deragon biz>
To: <anaconda-devel-list redhat com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:38 PM
Subject: Are there any scripts to generate an updated Kickstart image?


> Greetings.
>
>
>    When running kickstart using NFS, one has to create a directory where
all the
> RPMs can be found.  getfullcomps.py and genhdlist are used to generate the
> metadata a few data files required for anaconda to install the rpms.
>
>    What I am looking for are scripts that replaces old RPMs in such a
directory
> with more recent ones and regenerate the data files.  The idea is that
after
> downloading the updates everynight, the kickstart image directory is also
> updated so that no RPMs needs to be upgraded after an install (well, until
the
> next openssh security advisory comes up. :) )
>
>    Writting the scripts is easy, but I just want to know if anything
already
> exist before reinventing the wheel.
>
>    Someone told me on fedora-list that this has already been discussed on
the
> anaconda-devel-list, but I could not find any references in the archives
(bad
> search keywords?).  If it was discussed, please provide good search
keywords or
> links to pertaining threads.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Hans Deragon
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