You're right -- I'm using 2.6.10. In full:
# rpm -qa | grep cobbler
cobbler-web-2.6.10-11.1.noarch
cobbler-2.6.10-11.1.noarch
# cobbler reposync --only=C7-x86_64-updates
task started: 2016-01-18_073253_reposync
task started (id=Reposync, time=Mon Jan 18 07:32:53 2016)
hello, reposync
run, reposync, run!
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/config.repo
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/.origin/C7-x86_64-updates.repo
running: /usr/bin/dnf reposync -l -n -d --config=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/.origin/C7-x86_64-updates.repo --repoid=C7-x86_64-updates --download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror -a x86_64
received on stdout: usage: dnf [--allowerasing] [-b] [-C] [-c [config file]] [-d [debug level]]
[--debugsolver] [--showduplicates] [-e ERRORLEVEL]
[--rpmverbosity [debug level name]] [-q] [-v] [-y] [--assumeno]
[--version] [--installroot [path]] [--enablerepo [repo]]
[--disablerepo [repo]] [-x [package]] [--disableexcludes [repo]]
[--obsoletes] [--noplugins] [--nogpgcheck]
[--disableplugin [plugin]] [--color COLOR]
[--releasever RELEASEVER] [--setopt SETOPTS] [--refresh] [-4] [-6]
[-h]
received on stderr: Command line error: argument -d/--debuglevel: expected one argument
Exception value: 'cobbler reposync failed'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 126, in die
raise CX(msg)
Exception value: 'cobbler reposync failed'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py", line 126, in run
self.sync(repo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py", line 170, in sync
return self.yum_sync(repo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py", line 445, in yum_sync
utils.die(self.logger,"cobbler reposync failed")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 134, in die
raise CX(msg)
reposync failed, tries left: 0
reposync failed, retry limit reached, skipping
running: chown -R root:apache /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates
received on stdout:
received on stderr:
running: chmod -R 755 /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates
received on stdout:
received on stderr:
Exception value: 'overall reposync failed, at least one repo failed to synchronize'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 126, in die
raise CX(msg)
Exception value: 'overall reposync failed, at least one repo failed to synchronize'
Exception Info:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 87, in run
rc = self._run(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 247, in runner
3), name=name, nofail=nofail, logger=self.logger)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 820, in reposync
return reposync.run(name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/action_reposync.py", line 155, in run
utils.die(self.logger,"overall reposync failed, at least one repo failed to synchronize")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 134, in die
raise CX(msg)
!!! TASK FAILED !!!
# cobbler version
### ERROR ###
Unexpected remote error, check the server side logs for further info
<class 'ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError'>:File contains no section headers.
file: /etc/cobbler/version, line: 1
'builddate: Thu Jun 20 06:07:27 2013\n'
This was after a "dnf reinstall cobbler", just to be sure. I did get your other message and looked at reposync_flags. I removed the "-d" portion and now get, in part:
# cobbler reposync --only=C7-x86_64-updates
task started: 2016-01-18_073712_reposync
task started (id=Reposync, time=Mon Jan 18 07:37:12 2016)
hello, reposync
run, reposync, run!
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/config.repo
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/.origin/C7-x86_64-updates.repo
running: /usr/bin/dnf reposync -l -n --config=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/C7-x86_64-updates/.origin/C7-x86_64-updates.repo --repoid=C7-x86_64-updates --download_path=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror -a x86_64
received on stdout: It could be a DNF plugin command.
received on stderr: No such command: reposync. Please use /usr/bin/dnf --help
So it looks like reposync isn't available for dnf? I did a dnf search but didn't see anything that looked promising. It seems yum-utils provides it but there's nothing for dnf.