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Re: Installation manual is too terse

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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 03:59:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>_B.5.3. Chainloading preconfiguration files_ says in part:
># More flexibly, this runs a shell command and if it outputs the names 
>of
># preconfiguration files, includes those files.
>#d-i preseed/include_command \
>#      string if [ "`hostname`" = bob ]; then echo bob.cfg; fi
>
>How complex can the shell command be?
>Where could I find other examples?

If I'm looking in the right place AND interpreting things correctly 
(https://sources.debian.net/src/preseed/1.66/preseed.sh/?hl=76#L76), the 
preseed system runs "eval" on your string and then appends the output to 
the list of include files.

As this is run in /bin/sh, anything that's valid POSIX shell should 
work.

>
>I have a germ of an idea. I need more data before asking too detailed 
>questions.
>
>

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Installation manual is too terse Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-20 11:00 +0200
  Re: Installation manual is too terse Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-20 11:50 +0200
    Re: Installation manual is too terse Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-20 13:10 +0200
      Re: Installation manual is too terse Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-20 13:20 +0200
        Re: Installation manual is too terse Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-20 13:50 +0200

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