Bug 1899912 - kickstart option: timesource (new in F33) not documented in Fedora 33 install guide
Summary: kickstart option: timesource (new in F33) not documented in Fedora 33 install...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Fedora
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
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Assignee: Petr Bokoc
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Reported: 2020-11-20 11:16 UTC by Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
Modified: 2020-11-23 11:21 UTC (History)
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Description Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2020-11-20 11:16:51 UTC
Description of problem:
Anaconda from F33 generates a kickstart file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) with an undocumented "timesource" option if the machine receives NTP servers via DHCP.
ksvalidator (from pykickstart) complains the option is unknown.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-33.25.4-1.fc33

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up a DHCP server that provides NTP servers to clients via "option ntp-servers"
2. Complete minimal installation (from an Everything netinstall ISO)
3. ksvalidator /root/anaconda-ks.cfg

Actual results:
The following problem occurred on line 41 of the kickstart file:

Unknown command: timesource

The following problem occurred on line 42 of the kickstart file:

Unknown command: timesource

The following problem occurred on line 43 of the kickstart file:

Unknown command: timesource

Expected results:
No issues reported.

Additional info:
The option is also not documented at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f33/install-guide/appendixes/Kickstart_Syntax_Reference/#sect-kickstart-commands-timezone

Comment 1 Vendula Poncova 2020-11-20 11:37:53 UTC
Hello, 'timesource' is a new kickstart command introduced in Fedora 33. See:

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f33/release-notes/sysadmin/Installation/
https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#timesource

Do you run ksvalidator on the new system? What is the version of pykickstart?

Comment 2 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2020-11-20 13:07:25 UTC
Thanks for the upstream doc pointer. Looks like I ran ksvalidator on F32, where it's still 3.24. However, the point about it not being documented in F33 install-guide docs stands.

Comment 3 Vendula Poncova 2020-11-23 11:05:26 UTC
Thanks for checking the validator. Reassigning to the install guide.


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