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Bug 1899912

Summary:	kickstart option: timesource (new in F33) not documented in Fedora 33 install guide
Product:	[Retired] Fedora Documentation	Reporter:	Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik>
Component:	install-guide	Assignee:	Petr Bokoc <pbokoc>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Docs QA <docs-qa>
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Version:	devel	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, kellin, pbokoc, vanmeeuwen+fedora, vponcova, wwoods, zach
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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.

Comment 4 Petr Bokoc 2024-05-21 09:21:52 UTC

The install guide has been retired, therefore I'm closing this bug. 

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