[Fedora-livecd-list] [patch] Configuring Network after Configuring System

Jeroen van Meeuwen kanarip at kanarip.com
Wed Aug 8 10:53:26 UTC 2007


Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 00:20 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>> Jeremy Katz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 23:09 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>>>> Jeremy Katz wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 14:16 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>>>>>> livecd-creator's InstallationTarget.install() seems to run
>>>>>> self.configureSystem(), then run self.configureNetwork(), possible
>>>>>> overriding some configuration files generated with %post.
>>>>> Hmm, the question is when is the best point at which to do this.  After
>>>>> configuring the network or really as last as possible?  The latter seems
>>>>> to fit better with when its run on an install
>>>> +1
>>> Want to send a revised patch? :-)
>> Well, as it is now it does apply at the very last moment, exactly the
>> way the installer works, right?
> 
> There are a few steps (relabeling, prelinking, making the initrd) that
> are happening after runPost() of your patch.  If the %post is going to
> be the absolute last thing, it should probably be after all of these
> 

It'd be plausible to have relabeling, prelinking and making the initrd
occur after %post, but %post should apply to whatever else we do with
kickstart information, right? I think where it is now, it fits perfectly.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip




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