yum expected to work in rescue mode on install DVD?

[Richard Shaw]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Greg Woods <woods at ucar.edu> wrote:

> > After booting into rescue mode I tried running yum, and the program
> > seems to be there, but it complained about not being able to import
> > the yummain module.
>
> I have been in this situation. I had to set the PYTHONPATH environment
> variable in order for yum to find the modules it needs. Something like:
>
> # export PYTHONPATH=/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/yum-cli
> # yum --installroot=/mnt/sysimage .....


Interesting, I'll have to give that a try before submitting a bug. I
presume this would be an easy fix to implement on future install discs.

Thanks,
Richard
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