[wpkg-users] First line of wpkg.xml

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Cedric,

On 02.07.2012 13:34, Cedric Frayssinet wrote:
> With wpkg.js 1.3, the first line of wpkg.xml is like :
>
> <wpkg:wpkg xmlns:wpkg="http://www.wpkg.org/settings" hostname="info103-069677"
> ....  ipadresses="172.16.129.154".
>
> But, when this computer is used as master in order to clone a lot of computers,
> don't you think we will have some troubles with this line ?

These attributes are inserted by WPKG to store information about the machine 
WPKG was run on. It's mainly used for reporting and ignored by WPGK itself. So 
no issue if you clone this information to another machine with different 
hostname, IP etc. WPKG will just re-write wpkg.xml on next modification and then 
fill it with attributes matching the cloned machine.

Actually I recommend creating the clone image before even running WPKG for the 
first time. Including software in a clone image is bad from my point of view 
because the software will likely need update anyway when the clone image is 
used. So your image will include a bunch of already outdated software which will 
be replaced by WPKG on first run.

So I would prefer to set up WPKG but not run it (no wpkg.xml in clone master 
image) and then have WPKG run on cloned machines only so WPKG will just install 
all the software (in latest available version) to the clones.

br,
Rainer