On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Matt Lawrence wrote:
Given the limitations of what can actually be run during the %post phase, I'm not sure if it is easier. There are warnings about lack of name resolution if the system is configured for DHCP.
fwiw, I've historically (Red Hat 7 -> Fedora Core 3) had no trouble getting name resolution in %post scripts, e.g., I'd frequently use wget to retrieve config/bootstrap files from a remote web server.