Bug 213245

Summary:	Kickstart Post Scripts execute in different sequence each time
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Steven Warfield <steven.warfield>
Component:	Server	Assignee:	Shannon Hughes <shughes>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Preethi Thomas <pthomas>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	410	CC:	awiggins, g.stroh, rhn-bugs, tao
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Bug Blocks:	429319

Description Steven Warfield 2006-10-31 14:06:52 UTC

Description of problem:
The post scripts of a kickstart file do not execute in the same sequence every
time that they are run.  For example, when I have 4 post scripts in a single
kickstart profile, if I download the kickstart file several times, I will see
different execution sequences for the post scripts in each file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhn 4.1.4 on redhat as 3 update 8

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create kickstart profile
2. create multiple kickstart post scripts
3. acccess the kickstart file in whatever manner you wish, and compare the order
of kickstart post scripts.
  
Actual results:

The post scripts will vary in execution order

Expected results:

The post scripts will execute in the same order every time.

Additional info:

This is certainly a large problem for the installation of software but it is
exacerbated by the fact that the post scripts are limited to only 2000
characters.  In version 4.0.6 there wasn't a 2000 character limit.  Bug # 204246

Comment 1 Mike McCune 2007-01-18 06:20:55 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 215711 ***

Comment 2 g.stroh 2007-06-08 00:47:21 UTC

I don't have access to 215711 has this bug been resolved in later releases of 
Satellite?

Comment 3 Steven Warfield 2007-06-08 12:35:08 UTC

This bug is present in 4.2.0 I have not tested it yet in 4.2.1 .

1. Created kickstart file
2. Created 3 post scripts in kickstart file
3. Retrieved kickstart file 5 times, had a different order 3 of the times (some
duplication is expected)

With the newer versions of the satellite they at least allow you to have 150K+
characters so you can work around it by having all config done in one post script

Comment 8 Shannon Hughes 2008-05-08 18:59:51 UTC

added logic to sort kickstart scripts based on db insertion order. ready to move
to qa

Comment 10 Shannon Hughes 2008-06-11 15:42:05 UTC

mass move to onqa

Comment 11 Preethi Thomas 2008-06-12 18:52:17 UTC

verified

Comment 12 Jesus M. Rodriguez 2008-07-23 15:39:16 UTC

release pending, scripts remain in order as applied.

Comment 13 Brandon Perkins 2008-08-13 18:59:54 UTC

5.1.1 Satellite is now GA, bugs Closed for Current Release.

Comment 14 Brandon Perkins 2008-08-13 19:05:52 UTC

5.1.1 Satellite is now GA, bugs Closed for Current Release.