bringing back the old method for parsing extra args as config values

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -32,16 +32,7 @@ def initialize_arguments():
 	parser.add_argument("--silent", action="store_true",
 						help="Warning!!! No prompts, ignored if config is not passed")
 	parser.add_argument("--script", default="guided", nargs="?", help="Script to run for installation", type=str)
-	parser.add_argument("--vars",
+	args, unknowns = parser.parse_known_args()
-						metavar="KEY=VALUE",
-						nargs='?',
-						help="Set a number of key-value pairs "
-							 "(do not put spaces before or after the = sign). "
-							 "If a value contains spaces, you should define "
-							 "it with double quotes: "
-							 'foo="this is a sentence". Note that '
-							 "values are always treated as strings.")
-	args = parser.parse_args()
 	if args.config is not None:
 		try:
 			# First, let's check if this is a URL scheme instead of a filename
@@ -57,14 +48,15 @@ def initialize_arguments():
 			print(e)
 		# Installation can't be silent if config is not passed
 		config["silent"] = args.silent
-	if args.vars is not None:
+	for arg in unknowns:
-		try:
+		if '--' == arg[:2]:
-			for var in args.vars.split(' '):
+			if '=' in arg:
-				key, val = var.split("=")
+				key, val = [x.strip() for x in arg[2:].split('=', 1)]
-				config[key] = val
+			else:
-		except Exception as e:
+				key, val = arg[2:], True
-			print(e)
+			config[key] = val
 	config["script"] = args.script
+	print(config)
 	return config