[Patch] etc cleanup

[Vreman, Peter]

Please find the patch that installs the pxe,power in /etc/cobbler/(pxe|power)/ and the kickstarts in /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts.

The rpm.spec has been updated to move pxe and power files. Existing *.ks files are copied to the new location to not break existing references from profiles.

Regards,
Peter

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[Tom Brown]

> Please find the patch that installs the pxe,power in /etc/cobbler/(pxe|power)/ and the kickstarts in /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts.
>
> The rpm.spec has been updated to move pxe and power files. Existing *.ks files are copied to the new location to not break existing references from profiles.

i have been putting .ks's in /etc/cobbler/kickstarts for quite some time 
and i have not seen any issues. Is this considered 'wrong' ?

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Brown wrote:
> > Please find the patch that installs the pxe,power in /etc/cobbler/(pxe|power)/ and the kickstarts in /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts.
> >
> > The rpm.spec has been updated to move pxe and power files. Existing *.ks files are copied to the new location to not break existing references from profiles.
>
> i have been putting .ks's in /etc/cobbler/kickstarts for quite some time 
> and i have not seen any issues. Is this considered 'wrong' ?
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It's not hurting anything to put them there.

In general LSB guidelines suggest that /etc is for configuration files 
and /var/lib is better suited for "user state" or "application state" 
kind of things. It's generally best when packaging to follow that 
closely to avoid confusion, and it also makes it easier when working 
with lots of various programs if they are as consistent as possible.

--Michael

[James Cammarata]

> In general LSB guidelines suggest that /etc is for configuration files
> and /var/lib is better suited for "user state" or "application state"
> kind of things. It's generally best when packaging to follow that
> closely to avoid confusion, and it also makes it easier when working
> with lots of various programs if they are as consistent as possible.

In my understanding, while /etc is for config files per se, I took it to
understand that it is for configuration files that the local system is
using only. So, really anything that is not used to configure cobbler
itself should probably not be in /etc.  Any template file that is used by
cobbler to generate kickstarts/configs that are pushed out I would consider
application data, and thus should be in /var.

That's just my $0.02 though.

James C.

[Michael DeHaan]

Vreman, Peter - Acision wrote:
> Please find the patch that installs the pxe,power in /etc/cobbler/(pxe|power)/ and the kickstarts in /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts.
>
> The rpm.spec has been updated to move pxe and power files. Existing *.ks files are copied to the new location to not break existing references from profiles.
>
> Regards,
> Peter

I've applied this, with the additional change that the paths in 
action_import.py needed to be updated.

Looks good, thanks!

--Michael
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