Install that previously worked now failing

[Michael DeHaan]

Robert Lazzurs wrote:
> Hello, of course, it is an attachment to this email.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 16:59, Pablo Iranzo Gómez <piranzo at redhat.com> wrote:
>   
>> Can you post your cobbler rendered kickstart to have a look on it?
>>
>> Regards
>> Pablo
>>
>>
>> ----- "Robert Lazzurs" <rob at lazzurs.net> escribió:
>>
>>     
>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 16:51, Robert Lazzurs <rob at lazzurs.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have an install here that I did have previously working with this
>>>> hardware and mirror setup however that is now failing for some
>>>>         
>>> unknown
>>>       
>>>> reason.  Below is the trace I got back from anaconda, if anyone has
>>>> any ideas please let me know :)
>>>>
>>>> 15:01:55 INFO    : Running kickstart %%traceback script(s)
>>>> 15:01:55 INFO    : All kickstart %%traceback script(s) have been
>>>>         
>>> run
>>>       
>>>> 15:01:55 CRITICAL: Traceback (most recent call first):
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packages.py", line 35,
>>>>         
>>> in
>>>       
>>>> comparePoEVR
>>>>    (e2, v2, r2) = (po2.epoch, po2.ver, po2.rel)
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packages.py", line 191,
>>>>         
>>> in __eq__
>>>       
>>>>    if comparePoEVR(self, other) == 0 and self.arch == other.arch
>>>>         
>>> and
>>>       
>>>> self.name == other.name:
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fedorakmod.py", line 151, in
>>>>         
>>> resolveVersions
>>>       
>>>>    elif sameName == None:
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fedorakmod.py", line 222, in
>>>>         
>>> installAllKmods
>>>       
>>>>    rAvaModules = resolveVersions(avaModules)
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fedorakmod.py", line 276, in
>>>>         
>>> postresolve_hook
>>>       
>>>>    newKernels + installedKernels)
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 153,
>>>>         
>>> in run
>>>       
>>>>    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 442,
>>>> in buildTransaction
>>>>    self.plugins.run('postresolve', rescode=rescode,
>>>>         
>>> restring=restring)
>>>       
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1267, in
>>>>         
>>> doPostSelection
>>>       
>>>>    (code, msgs) = self.ayum.buildTransaction()
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 177, in doPostSelection
>>>>    return anaconda.backend.doPostSelection(anaconda)
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep
>>>>    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext
>>>>    self.moveStep()
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 223, in currentStep
>>>>    self.gotoNext()
>>>>  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 539, in run
>>>>    (step, instance) = anaconda.dispatch.currentStep()
>>>>  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 982, in ?
>>>>    anaconda.intf.run(anaconda)
>>>> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'epoch'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again :)
>>>>         
>>> Sorry for replying to my own post however I figured that I should
>>> include more information
>>>
>>> This is an install with a fairly standard kickstart file (that has
>>> not
>>> changed) being generated from Cobbler.  Cobbler has just had the RHEL
>>> 5.1 dvd reimported into it and this kickstart template tested with
>>> the
>>> new import and this also fails, where it had previously worked
>>>
>>> The install is on to a Dell PowerEdge 1950 III.
>>>
>>> If anyone requires any more information about this please let me
>>> know,
>>> if I find a solution I will post back to the list.
>>>
>>> Take care.
>>>
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Cobbler runs through a copy of the DVD tree and identifies the varies 
"split" repos and runs createrepo on them.

Having duplicates in the file shouldn't itself be a problem for yum, the 
theory was that createrepo might have munged the repo, but seeing this 
was an Anaconda traceback I was hoping someone might have better insight 
as to how a "None" could get in there.

--Michael