Why did cobbler name my distro/profile centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64?

[Chris O'Regan]

I imported CentOS like so:

cobbler import \
     --mirror=rsync://rsync.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/ \
     --arch=x86_64 \
     --name=centos-5.2

It fetched everything and put it in:

	/local/data/cobbler/www/ks_mirror/centos-5.2-x86_64

Yet when it decided to name my distro and profile, it tacked on and 
extra "centos-5.2":

[...]
---------------- (adding distros)
- creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
- creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
- creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
- creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
[...]

I prefer "centos-5.2-x86_64" and "centos-5.2-xen-x86_64". Why would it

name it in this manner? Did I invoke the import incorrectly?

This is v2.8.0.


Thanks,

Chris

[Dustin Black]

The --name option in the import applies a "prefix," if you will, to the distro
and profile names.

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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:59 PM
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Subject: Why did cobbler name my distro/profile centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64?

I imported CentOS like so:

cobbler import \
     --mirror=rsync://rsync.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/ \
     --arch=x86_64 \
     --name=centos-5.2

It fetched everything and put it in:

        /local/data/cobbler/www/ks_mirror/centos-5.2-x86_64

Yet when it decided to name my distro and profile, it tacked on and
extra "centos-5.2":

[...]
---------------- (adding distros)
- creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
- creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
- creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
- creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
[...]

I prefer "centos-5.2-x86_64" and "centos-5.2-xen-x86_64". Why would
it
name it in this manner? Did I invoke the import incorrectly?

This is v2.8.0.


Thanks,

Chris
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[Michael DeHaan]

Dustin Black wrote:
>  The --name option in the import applies a "prefix," if you
> will, to the distro and profile names.
>
>  ________________________________________
>  From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris O'Regan [chris(a)encs.concordia.ca]
>  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:59 PM
>  To: cobbler mailing list
>  Subject: Why did cobbler name my distro/profile centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64?
>
>  I imported CentOS like so:
>
>  cobbler import \
>       --mirror=rsync://rsync.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/ \
>       --arch=x86_64 \
>       --name=centos-5.2
>
>  It fetched everything and put it in:
>
>          /local/data/cobbler/www/ks_mirror/centos-5.2-x86_64
>
>  Yet when it decided to name my distro and profile, it tacked on and
>  extra "centos-5.2":
>
>  [...]
>  ---------------- (adding distros)
>  - creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
>  - creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
>  - creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
>  - creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
>  [...]
>
>  I prefer "centos-5.2-x86_64" and "centos-5.2-xen-x86_64". Why would
> it
>  name it in this manner? Did I invoke the import incorrectly?
>
>  This is v2.8.0.
>
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Chris
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You both beat my mail server :)

--Michael

[Chris O'Regan]

>  This is v2.8.0. 
Where did I get that from? It's actually v1.2.8...


Sorry,

Chris

[Michael DeHaan]

Chris O'Regan wrote:
>  I imported CentOS like so:
>
>  cobbler import \
>       --mirror=rsync://rsync.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/ \
>       --arch=x86_64 \
>       --name=centos-5.2
>
>  It fetched everything and put it in:
>
>  	/local/data/cobbler/www/ks_mirror/centos-5.2-x86_64
>
>  Yet when it decided to name my distro and profile, it tacked on and 
>  extra "centos-5.2":
>     
Because the mirror had the structure "Centos/5.2" in it, it 
automatically prefixed that content to the mirror name.

For instance, when rsyncing, you could have chosen to mirror /all/ of 
Arctic Network (though they might love you for it).

cobbler import --name=prefix 
--mirror=rsync://rsync.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/

In that case, you might end up with distros named 
"prefix-Centos-5.2-x86_64" and "prefix-CentOS-5.1-x86_64" and ....

Thankfully there is an easy command you can use:

cobbler distro rename --name=foo --newname=bar

Import is there to make your life easier, but isn't expected to exactly 
know that the prefix you gave was the name of a particular distribution 
and the URL you gave was specific to one distribution.

Of course if you are importing from a DVD source, we can (and do) know 
exactly what to do. Rsync? You could be pulling in a lot of content, so 
name is just a prefix.




>  [...]
>  ---------------- (adding distros)
>  - creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
>  - creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-x86_64
>  - creating new distro: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
>  - creating new profile: centos-5.2-centos-5.2-xen-x86_64
>  [...]
>
>  I prefer "centos-5.2-x86_64" and "centos-5.2-xen-x86_64". Why would
> it 
>  name it in this manner? Did I invoke the import incorrectly?
>
>  This is v2.8.0.
>     
Wow, it's from the future! :)





>  Thanks,
>
>  Chris
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>

[Chris O'Regan]

[prefix explanation]

Thanks, I understand now. Perhaps I should choose a simple prefix so 
that I can avoid renaming later.

>  Thankfully there is an easy command you can use:
>  
>  cobbler distro rename --name=foo --newname=bar 
One thing of note, this did not rename the ks metadata "tree", nor did 
it rename the symlink under links; I had to fix those manually.


Thanks again,

Chris