Simplified profile prep-execution slightly in guided.py. The code can be improved further but it's now more easily read what's going on.

archinstall/lib/profiles.py

@@ -157,6 +157,23 @@ class Profile(Script):
 	def install(self):
 		return self.execute()
 
+	def has_prep_function(self):
+		with open(self.path, 'r') as source:
+			source_data = source.read()
+
+			# Some crude safety checks, make sure the imported profile has
+			# a __name__ check and if so, check if it's got a _prep_function()
+			# we can call to ask for more user input.
+			#
+			# If the requirements are met, import with .py in the namespace to not
+			# trigger a traditional:
+			#     if __name__ == 'moduleName'
+			if '__name__' in source_data and '_prep_function' in source_data:
+				with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{selected_profile}.py") as imported:
+					if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+						return True
+		return False
+
 class Application(Profile):
 	def __repr__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		return f'Application({os.path.basename(self.profile)})'

archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py

@@ -174,23 +174,7 @@ def select_profile(options):
 		else:
 			RequirementError("Selected profile does not exist.")
 
-		profile = Profile(None, selected_profile)
+		return Profile(None, selected_profile)
-		with open(profile.path, 'r') as source:
-			source_data = source.read()
-
-			# Some crude safety checks, make sure the imported profile has
-			# a __name__ check and if so, check if it's got a _prep_function()
-			# we can call to ask for more user input.
-			#
-			# If the requirements are met, import with .py in the namespace to not
-			# trigger a traditional:
-			#     if __name__ == 'moduleName'
-			if '__name__' in source_data and '_prep_function' in source_data:
-				with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{selected_profile}.py") as imported:
-					if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
-						return imported
-
-		return profile
 
 	raise RequirementError("Selecting profiles require a least one profile to be given as an option.")
 

examples/guided.py

@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ else:
 	archinstall.arguments['profile'] = archinstall.list_profiles()[archinstall.arguments['profile']]
 
 # Check the potentially selected profiles preperations to get early checks if some additional questions are needed.
-print(archinstall.arguments['profile'])
+if archinstall.arguments['profile'] and archinstall.arguments['profile'].has_prep_function():
-if archinstall.arguments['profile']:
+	with archinstall.arguments['profile'].load_instructions(namespace=f"{archinstall.arguments['profile'].namespace}.py") as imported:
-	if not archinstall.arguments['profile']._prep_function():
+		if not imported._prep_function():
 			archinstall.log(
 				' * Profile\'s preparation requirements was not fulfilled.',
 				bg='black',