Many of my cobbler profiles that were created before I upgraded to 2.0 now list their parent distribution as "<<inherit>>" with no other visible reference in the console or web interface as to which distribution they're "inheriting". However if I view their generated kickstart they all still know which distribution to use. I assume it's being stored in a variable that isn't visible from "cobbler profile report" or the web interface?
Are there any consequences I should be aware of if I try to use "cobbler profile edit --name=... --distro=..." to change "<<inherit>>" to match the parent I think goes with each profile?
Is this behaviour a bug?
Bryan Schneiders wrote:
Many of my cobbler profiles that were created before I upgraded to 2.0 now list their parent distribution as "<<inherit>>" with no other visible reference in the console or web interface as to which distribution they're "inheriting". However if I view their generated kickstart they all still know which distribution to use. I assume it's being stored in a variable that isn't visible from "cobbler profile report" or the web interface?
This could be a subprofile, which means it is parented off of another profile, rather than a distribution. I'm guessing that is what you have, in which case, that would be normal.
Are there any consequences I should be aware of if I try to use "cobbler profile edit --name=... --distro=..." to change "<<inherit>>" to match the parent I think goes with each profile?
Is this behaviour a bug?
Not if you have subprofiles, which I suspect you do.
Michael DeHaan wrote:
Bryan Schneiders wrote:
Many of my cobbler profiles that were created before I upgraded to 2.0 now list their parent distribution as "<<inherit>>" with no other visible reference in the console or web interface as to which distribution they're "inheriting". However if I view their generated kickstart they all still know which distribution to use. I assume it's being stored in a variable that isn't visible from "cobbler profile report" or the web interface?
This could be a subprofile, which means it is parented off of another profile, rather than a distribution. I'm guessing that is what you have, in which case, that would be normal.
Are there any consequences I should be aware of if I try to use "cobbler profile edit --name=... --distro=..." to change "<<inherit>>" to match the parent I think goes with each profile?
Is this behaviour a bug?
Not if you have subprofiles, which I suspect you do.
That's fine and makes sense. How would I find out who the parent of a subprofile is? In 1.6 I think this was displayed in the same part of the interface as "<<inherit>>" is now, like on the profiles page of the web interface it would show the parent as either a distribution or another profile. Now it only shows the parent if it's a distribution and doesn't tell you who the parent is if it's another profile.
On 10/20/2009 09:28 AM, Bryan Schneiders wrote:
Michael DeHaan wrote:
Bryan Schneiders wrote:
Many of my cobbler profiles that were created before I upgraded to 2.0 now list their parent distribution as "<<inherit>>" with no other visible reference in the console or web interface as to which distribution they're "inheriting". However if I view their generated kickstart they all still know which distribution to use. I assume it's being stored in a variable that isn't visible from "cobbler profile report" or the web interface?
This could be a subprofile, which means it is parented off of another profile, rather than a distribution. I'm guessing that is what you have, in which case, that would be normal.
Are there any consequences I should be aware of if I try to use "cobbler profile edit --name=... --distro=..." to change "<<inherit>>" to match the parent I think goes with each profile?
Is this behaviour a bug?
Not if you have subprofiles, which I suspect you do.
That's fine and makes sense. How would I find out who the parent of a subprofile is? In 1.6 I think this was displayed in the same part of the interface as "<<inherit>>" is now, like on the profiles page of the web interface it would show the parent as either a distribution or another profile. Now it only shows the parent if it's a distribution and doesn't tell you who the parent is if it's another profile.
cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
The value for parent will name the profile, rather than being blank. This is currently set in Cobbler as a "hidden field", which is a bug.
--Michael
cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org
-
Bryan Schneiders -
Michael DeHaan