[Pulp-list] repo sync fails using rhel5.7 iso

[Pradeep Kilambi]

Yea this turned out to be a known issue with RHEL 5 isos. This will be 
resolved in  the upcoming U releases. I documented a workaround here,

https://fedorahosted.org/pulp/wiki/UGFAQ#SyncingcontentonpulpfromamountedRHEL5isofailstolookuptreeinfo

Lemme know if you have any issues,

~ Prad

On 02/29/2012 05:09 PM, Golden, Joel wrote:
> The .treeinfo only resides in the root directory of the .iso and there 
> is no repodata dir in the root dir.  Conundrum...
>
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> *From:* Pradeep Kilambi [mailto:pkilambi at redhat.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:24 PM
> *To:* Golden, Joel
> *Cc:* pulp-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Pulp-list] repo sync fails using rhel5.7 iso
>
> There needs to be a .treeinfo file in the directory for us to be able 
> to create a distribution. Usually it should be at the same level as 
> where the repodata is.
>
> ~ Prad
>
> On 02/29/2012 01:39 PM, Golden, Joel wrote:
>> If I point it to the Server directory that contains the repodata 
>> directory (rhel-server-5.7-x86_64-dvd.iso/Server/), then it does not 
>> create any trees and I do not get a distribution list that I can 
>> kickstart from.  What am I missing?
>> Joel
>>
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>> *From:* pulp-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:pulp-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Pradeep Kilambi
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:34 AM
>> *To:* pulp-list at redhat.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Pulp-list] repo sync fails using rhel5.7 iso
>>
>> Make sure your file path is pointing to the dir where repodata  is 
>> found. Error indicates that there is no repodata dir under 
>> /var/tmp/rh5u7-base/ .
>>
>> ~ Prad
>>
>> On 02/29/2012 12:31 PM, Golden, Joel wrote:
>>> I've banged my head on this for a few days now and have thrown in 
>>> the towel.  From a rhel6 box running pulp 254-8 I'm getting the 
>>> following error when attempting to sync a repo using the rhel5.7 iso 
>>> or a folder that is a copy of the iso.  I can sync it from the copy 
>>> if I run a create repo from the base directory but run into a 
>>> "Cannot retrieve metadata (repomd.xml)" error during the ks build.
>>> pulp-admin repo create --id rh5u7-base --feed 
>>> file:///var/tmp/rh5u7-base/ --arch x86_64
>>> Error when attempting to sync:
>>> error:  RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) 
>>> for repository: /tmp/temp_pulp_repoH3jzwl. Please verify its path 
>>> and try again
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Joel Golden, RHCE
>>>
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