F8test2 Xen guest install to F7 fails - no /Fedora directory in distro.

[Mike Carney]

Jesse Keating wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:54:08 -0700
> Mike Carney <mc-al34luc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> If folks are going to use the virt* tools to install f8test2 guests,
>> something has to change.
>> 
>> I don't know what you tested, but dom0's running 7.90 and earlier
>> will not be able to install 7.91 guests because 7.91 renamed the
>> Fedora directory to Packages in the iso.
>> 
>> >From python-virtinst-0.200.0-3.fc7:
>> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py:
>> # Fedora distro check
>> class FedoraImageStore(RedHatImageStore):
>>     def isValidStore(self, fetcher, progresscb):
>>         if fetcher.hasFile("Fedora", progresscb):
>>             logging.debug("Detected a Fedora distro")
>>             return True
>>         return False
>> 
>> If you're going to change the layout of distro in the iso, you're
>> going to either need to make a symbolic link from /Fedora
>> to /Packages in the iso, release new versions of python-virtinst for
>> earlier versions of Fedora and RHEL so that they recognize the new
>> layout, or some other scheme in python-virtinst to reliably identify
>> the Fedora distro.
>> 
>> Changing line 213 of
>> 
>> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py
>> 
>> from
>> 
>> if fetcher.hasFile("Fedora", progresscb):
>> 
>> to
>> 
>> if fetcher.hasFile("Packages", progresscb):
>> 
>> And rerunning virt-install or virt-manager for a F8test2 guest now
>> lets the installer start up.
>> 
>> Do I need to submit a bug?
> 
> Eew, yea, this is a bug.  File it against virt-inst.  It should find a
> better way to figure out if it's Fedora or not.

It's 301001.

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