[Libosinfo] [PATCH 4/4] Add install script for RHEL 6.3

Fabiano Fidêncio fabiano at fidencio.org
Sun Dec 23 13:47:07 UTC 2012


On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano at fidencio.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
> <zeeshanak at gnome.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano at fidencio.org> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
>>> <zeeshanak at gnome.org> wrote:
>>>> From: "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak at gnome.org>
>>>>
>>>> The same script might work for other versions too but I have only made
>>>> it work against RHEL 6.3 for now. Still some issues though:
>>>>
>>>> 1. For some reason user's avatar is ignored although according to the docs
>>>> I could find*, copying the avatar to /home/${USER}/.face should be
>>>> enough.
>>>>
>>>> 2. We don't set the keyboard layout properly yet and just hardcode it to
>>>>   'us'. This will require the same kind of mapping as Fedora 17 and older.
>>>>
>>>> * http://projects.gnome.org/gdm/docs/2.14/configuration.html
>>>
>>> What is the idea? Push this commit and fix these issues later?
>>
>> Yeah, this is meant to be a starting point. Our existing scripts are
>> not perfect either (e.g windows script don't set keyboard).
>
> I agree, in parts, with your argument.
> I don't have bad feelings about the patch, so, ACK!

Ah! Downloading a CentOS to test your patches, I realized that you
forgot to add the installer node in data/oses/rhel.xml.in

>
>>
>>> Probably I missed some talk on IRC, but IIUC RHEL should be supported
>>> ASAP, is it?
>>
>> There is no huge hurry but yes, it would be nice to support RHEL since
>> its a low hanging fruit (uses the same kickstart file as fedora).
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
>> FSF member#5124
>
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Fabiano Fidêncio


Best Regards,
--
Fabiano Fidêncio




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