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Description of problem:

In our environment, we use DHCP during install, but want the host to have a static network configuration. To achieve this, we do some logic in %pre:

1. prompt the user for the hostname
2. look up IP, netmask etc. using a local cgi script
3. create the network line as /tmp/net-include

In kickstart, we do "%include /tmp/net-include" to configure the network. This doesn't work, however. If I take the specific network command in "/tmp/net-include" and use that directly in kickstart (instead of %include) it works.

So, it seems I can't do %include to configure the network. This used to work in rhel6 anaconda, but not rhel7 and recent fedoras.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
19.31.77-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create /tmp/net-include with static IP in %pre
2. Do "%include /tmp/net-include" in kickstart

Actual results:
No static network as configured.

Expected results:
Static network as configured

Additional info:
I'll attach relevant log files and the /tmp/net-include file.

Created attachment 899980 [details]
anaconda.log

Created attachment 899981 [details]
ifcfg.log

Created attachment 899982 [details]
syslog

Created attachment 899983 [details]
The /tmp/net-include file (containing kickstart network command)

This is caused by a bug in NetworkManager connection matching that has been fixed in Release Candidate 3.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1083153 ***