Installation

The following installation related features and functionalities are deprecated in Oracle Linux 9.

Kickstart Commands

• timezone --ntpservers

• timezone --nontp

• logging --level

• %packages --excludeWeakdeps

• %packages --instLangs

• %anaconda

• pwpolicy

Even though specific options are listed as deprecated, the base command and the other options remain available and operative. If you use a deprecated command in kickstart files, warnings are generated in the logs. To change deprecated command warnings to errors, set the inst.ksstrict boot option.

initial-setup Package

Instead of using this package, use the gnome-initial-setup package as a replacement.

TMPDIR Variable in the ReaR Configuration File

Exporting using the TMPDIR environment variable in the /etc/rear/local.conf or /etc/rear/site.conf ReaR configuration files, is deprecated.

Instead, you can specify a custom directory for ReaR temporary files by exporting the variable in the shell environment before executing ReaR. For example, run the export TMPDIR=…​ statement and then run the rear command in the same shell session or script.