runtime error when kadischi runs anaconda

[Ted Toth]

I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this case
it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm has
gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr dir
and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms being
installed?

14:47:23 CRITICAL: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1253, in handleRenderCallback
    self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 245, in
renderCallback
    self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 951, in nextClicked
    self.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 146, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 217, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 173, in writeConfiguration
    id.write(instPath)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py", line 150, in write
    self.rootPassword.write (instPath, useMD5)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/users.py", line 103, in write
    setPassword(instPath, "root", pure, useMD5)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/users.py", line 137, in setPassword
    stdout = '/dev/null', stderr = None)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 34, in execWithRedirect
    raise RuntimeError, root + command + " can not be run"
RuntimeError: /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr/sbin/usermod can not be
run

[J. Hartline]

Ted wrote:

> I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
> createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this case
> it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm has
> gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr dir
> and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms being
> installed?
>   
>  
[snipped]

How are you invoking createrepo?
Looks also like you may not be super user, as usermod is not set SUID, 
it can only be run by root.

J. Hartline

[Ted Toth]

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 16:22 -0500, Jasper O'neal Hartline wrote:
>  Ted wrote:
>  
>  >I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
>  >createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this case
>  >it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm has
>  >gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr dir
>  >and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms being
>  >installed?
>  >  
>  >
>  [snipped]
>  
>  How are you invoking createrepo? 
I followed the instruction on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/Documentation#Configuration

I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an FC5
disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the instructions
I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran 
'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .'

>  Looks also like you may not be super user, as usermod is not set
> SUID, 
>  it can only be run by root. 
I'm running as root. Again I think the issue is that only the kernel rpm
is getting installed so I'm trying to understand how anaconda know which
rpms to install and that's why I started looking at createrepo. I'm
guessing that anaconda reads the repository data written by createrepo
in order to know what to install.

FYI, my kadischi command is 'kadischi /tmp/fc5 /tmp/fedora-live.iso'

>  
>  J. Hartline
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[Ingo Schaefer]

Hello Ted,
Am Mittwoch, den 10.05.2006, 17:05 -0400 schrieb Ted:

>  I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an
> FC5
>  disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the instructions
>  I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran 
>  'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .' 
As far as I know you have to copy the contents of the RPM directory from
all CDs.

>  I'm
>  guessing that anaconda reads the repository data written by createrepo
>  in order to know what to install. 
It reads this in order to know what it can install. And information
about groups, default selected packages ...

Regards,
Ingo
-- 
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durch ein saftiges Steak ersetzt."
                                         gefunden bei frag-mutti.de

[J. Hartline]

Ted wrote:

> >Ted wrote:
> >    
> >
> >>I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
> >>createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this case
> >>it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm has
> >>gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr dir
> >>and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms being
> >>installed?
> >>      
> >>
> >[snipped]
> >
> >How are you invoking createrepo?
> >    
> >
>
> I followed the instruction on
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/Documentation#Configuration
>
> I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an FC5
> disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the instructions
> I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran 
> 'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .'
>   
>  
You should probably copy all of the RPMs to the RPM directory, if you 
are using CDs.
Can you run createrepo as you stated above with all the RPMs in the 
directory
and print the info after it is done, from your terminal? It should say 
xxx/xxx packages.

J. Hartline

[Ted Toth]

Yes I even reran createrepo with the -v option to watch all of the rpms
being processed (483/483).
Does anyone know which file(s) anaconda reads to get the list of rpms to
install?

On 5/11/06, Jasper O'neal Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net&gt; wrote:
>  Ted wrote:
>
>  >>Ted wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>>I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
>  >>>createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this case
>  >>>it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm has
>  >>>gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr dir
>  >>>and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms being
>  >>>installed?
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>[snipped]
>  >>
>  >>How are you invoking createrepo?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >I followed the instruction on
>  >http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/Documentation#Configuration
>  >
>  >I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an FC5
>  >disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the instructions
>  >I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran
>  >'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .'
>  >
>  >
>  You should probably copy all of the RPMs to the RPM directory, if you
>  are using CDs.
>  Can you run createrepo as you stated above with all the RPMs in the
>  directory
>  and print the info after it is done, from your terminal? It should say
>  xxx/xxx packages.
>
>  J. Hartline
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>

[Ted Toth]

Is anaconda using yum to figure out what needs to be installed? Is it
possible that yum is looking at what is installed on my box and not
installing into my livecd temp directory because it thinks everything is
already installed?

On 5/11/06, Xavier Toth <txtoth(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Yes I even reran createrepo with the -v option to watch all of the rpms
>  being processed (483/483).
>  Does anyone know which file(s) anaconda reads to get the list of rpms to
>  install?
>
>
>  On 5/11/06, Jasper O'neal Hartline < jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > Ted wrote:
>  >
>  > >>Ted wrote:
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >>>I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
>  > >>>createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this
>  > case
>  > >>>it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel rpm
>  > has
>  > >>>gets installed so there isn't a /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr
> dir
>  > >>>and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the rpms
> being
>  > >>>installed?
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>[snipped]
>  > >>
>  > >>How are you invoking createrepo?
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >
>  > >I followed the instruction on
>  > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/Documentation#Configuration
>  > >
>  > >I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an FC5
>  > >disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the instructions
>  >
>  > >I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran
>  > >'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .'
>  > >
>  > >
>  > You should probably copy all of the RPMs to the RPM directory, if you
>  > are using CDs.
>  > Can you run createrepo as you stated above with all the RPMs in the
>  > directory
>  > and print the info after it is done, from your terminal? It should say
>  > xxx/xxx packages.
>  >
>  > J. Hartline
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>
>

[Ted Toth]

Ahh, I didn't copy the rpms from ALL 4 install cds.

On 5/11/06, Xavier Toth <txtoth(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Is anaconda using yum to figure out what needs to be installed? Is it
>  possible that yum is looking at what is installed on my box and not
>  installing into my livecd temp directory because it thinks everything is
>  already installed?
>
>
>  On 5/11/06, Xavier Toth <txtoth(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > Yes I even reran createrepo with the -v option to watch all of the rpms
>  > being processed (483/483).
>  > Does anyone know which file(s) anaconda reads to get the list of rpms to
>  > install?
>  >
>  >
>  > On 5/11/06, Jasper O'neal Hartline < jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net&gt; wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Ted wrote:
>  > >
>  > > >>Ted wrote:
>  > > >>
>  > > >>
>  > > >>>I've built a local repository as per instructions and have run
>  > > >>>createrepo. When Kadischi runs anaconda with a root path, in this
>  > > case
>  > > >>>it appears to be /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system, only the kernel
> rpm
>  > > has
>  > > >>>gets installed so there isn't a
> /tmp/livecd-build_no13/system/usr
>  > > dir
>  > > >>>and consequently this command fails. Why aren't all of the
> rpms
>  > > being
>  > > >>>installed?
>  > > >>>
>  > > >>>
>  > > >>[snipped]
>  > > >>
>  > > >>How are you invoking createrepo?
>  > > >>
>  > > >>
>  > > >
>  > > >I followed the instruction on
>  > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi/Documentation#Configuration
>  > > >
>  > > >I built a repository in /tmp/fc5 copying the base directory from an
>  > > FC5
>  > > >disc 1 and the RPMS directory from disc 4. Then as per the
>  > > instructions
>  > > >I changed directory to /tmp/fc5 and ran
>  > > >'createrepo -g Fedora/base/comps.xml .'
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > You should probably copy all of the RPMs to the RPM directory, if you
>  > > are using CDs.
>  > > Can you run createrepo as you stated above with all the RPMs in the
>  > > directory
>  > > and print the info after it is done, from your terminal? It should say
>  > > xxx/xxx packages.
>  > >
>  > > J. Hartline
>  > >
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>  > >
>  >
>  >
>

[J. Hartline]

Xavier Toth wrote:

>  Yes I even reran createrepo with the -v option to watch all of the 
>  rpms being processed (483/483).
>  Does anyone know which file(s) anaconda reads to get the list of rpms 
>  to install?
>  
Yes, check the {basedir}/repodata directory under FC5 trees.
In any case, you really should be copying all of the RPMs to the tree
that or use a DVD, I have not been across this before and have not tried 
only
creating repodata without all of Core's RPMs.

You can probably attach /tmp/anaconda.log so others can also see what is 
happenning.
There may also be /tmp/anacdump.txt or $(pwd)/anacdump.txt.

J. Hartline