Bug 67906 - config parser in %post section or new %configSystem section
Summary: config parser in %post section or new %configSystem section
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-04 02:17 UTC by Bill Peck
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-02-17 21:20:35 UTC
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Description Bill Peck 2002-07-04 02:17:10 UTC
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Description of problem:
Ok.. So this is out there I know..  But I just wanted to kick the idea around.

I have been using kickstart (awesome btw) to install my system exactly how I
want it to be when it reboots.  This means setting up /etc/sendmail.cf
/etc/inittab /etc/aliases /etc/dhcpd etc....

Now I know that these programs use different formats for configuring them but
wouldn't it be utopia if in the future we standardized on a common way to config
programs, be it text, or gconf's registery.

imagine being able to have kickstart config the following:

Package:sendmail
Param:SmartRelay Value:smtp.charter.net
Package:apache
Param:ServerAdmin Value:webmaster

Now that would be incredible!!

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How reproducible:
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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-02-17 21:20:35 UTC
Would be nice, but not likely to happen without a lot of buy-in from the outside
community to get all of these various projects using similar config files.  Not
really something in the realm of anaconda to solve at least


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