Bug 500895

Summary:	Can't create a variable with a space in the value
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Justin Sherrill <jsherril>
Component:	Provisioning	Assignee:	Justin Sherrill <jsherril>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Steve Salevan <ssalevan>
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Priority:	high
Version:	530	CC:	bperkins, jbrownin
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Description Justin Sherrill 2009-05-14 18:57:45 UTC

Try to create a variable with a space in the value

i.e.


buddy=my name is jonas


it fails.  


The following should work:

buddy=my name is jonas
buddy="my name is jonas"

Comment 1 Justin Sherrill 2009-05-14 18:58:38 UTC

this is the variable page for profiles, systems, and distros.

Comment 2 Justin Sherrill 2009-05-14 19:43:16 UTC

Unless this is fixed, the variables (a feature of the cobbler integration) is nearly useless, as you would only be able to use 1 word variables.

Comment 3 Justin Sherrill 2009-05-14 19:53:33 UTC

Variables are used in cobbler templates so you can define variables for distros, profiles, and systems as key value pairs.


So say on some systems you want to clear the partition tables, but on a select few you don't.

You can define the variable

clearpart = clearpart --all

 at the profile level.

Then you simply redefine for those select systems as:

clearpart = clearpart --none


then in your kickstart you would add:
$clearpart 
as a kickstart option.


For all systems by default it would then replace $clearpart with "clearpart --all" unless it was overridden on that system.

Comment 4 Justin Sherrill 2009-05-19 17:23:42 UTC

89e26cf

Comment 5 Steve Salevan 2009-05-29 15:37:01 UTC

VERIFIED on 5/21 build.

Comment 6 Jeff Browning 2009-07-28 22:00:03 UTC

Tested on dhcp77-153

Comment 7 Brandon Perkins 2009-09-10 19:25:47 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html