Feature request: allow comments in kickstart.cfg
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Description
Version: Photon OS 3.0 Revision 3 Binaries (minimal.iso)
Any lines starting with # have the installer exit with an error.
It would be nice if you could have comments ...
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the installer code that parses kickstart.cfg and reproducing the error with a line beginning with #. Determine how configuration lines are validated, then verify that comment lines are accepted without changing the handling of other lines.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100