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v0.5.28 (cont): drop updates repo from generated install ks

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Anaconda's transaction died at "Configuring man-db.x86_64" in both
v0.5.26 and v0.5.27 VM tests, reliably, days apart, against a freshly
populated package cache. Same failure pattern, same package, with
nothing in the visible error other than "The transaction process has
ended with errors..". Pattern matches the same Fedora `updates` repo
issue that the CI build kickstart already worked around by stripping
the `updates` line entirely (`.github/workflows/build-iso.yml` line
~109).

The installer-generated kickstart was adding the line back and
re-introducing the bug for every user install. This commit aligns
the install-time ks with the build-time ks: only the base `releases`
repo is consumed by anaconda. Users who want updates run `dnf
upgrade` post-install (or the v0.6 `veilor-update` wrapper).

Trade-off: first-boot package versions are frozen to the Fedora 43
release date instead of including post-release updates. Acceptable —
the alternative is "install reliably fails" which makes any
freshness conversation moot.

Verified locally: `bash -n` passes, ks template still well-formed.
End-to-end re-validation goes through the next CI ISO + VM test run.
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@ -368,7 +368,17 @@ generate_ks() {
# DO NOT commit this file — secrets inline.
url --mirrorlist="https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-43&arch=x86_64"
repo --name=fedora --baseurl="https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/43/Everything/x86_64/os/" --install
repo --name=updates --baseurl="https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/43/Everything/x86_64/" --install
# `updates` repo intentionally NOT added. Fedora's update stream pushes
# package versions whose %posttrans scriptlets sometimes fail under
# anaconda's `--cmdline` mode — most reliably reproduced as `man-db`
# failing during "Configuring man-db.x86_64", which dumps the whole
# transaction with no recoverable error message and prints "An error
# occurred during the transaction: The transaction process has ended
# with errors..". Reproduced in v0.5.26 + v0.5.27 VM tests against
# fresh installs days apart, so it is not a Fedora-mirrors-down blip.
# CI build kickstart already strips this line for the same reason
# (build-iso.yml line ~109). Users who want to update post-install run
# `dnf upgrade` or the v0.6 `veilor-update` wrapper.
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