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Duke Nguyen <[log in to unmask]>
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Duke Nguyen <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:57:20 +0700
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On 11/16/12 6:11 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> On 15/11/12 17:33, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>> On 11/15/12 11:27 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>> On 15/11/12 16:56, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>> On 11/15/12 7:17 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>>>> On 15/11/12 12:03, Duke Nguyen wrote:
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to install a Base system into a directory using yum
>>>>>> groupinstall, but I got error as below. Any suggestion to solve the
>>>>>> errors? Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
>>>>>> Scientific Linux release 6.3 (Carbon)
>>>>>> $ uname -a
>>>>>> Linux biowulf.grih.org 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 6
>>>>>> 11:21:14 CST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>> $ sudo yum -y groupinstall "Base" "Server Platform"
>>>>>> --installroot=/diskless/root
>>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
>>>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>>>>     * sl: ftp.scientificlinux.org
>>>>>>     * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
>>>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/%24releasever/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>                                                      ^^^
>>>>> This looks wrong.  This should be $releasever and should have been
>>>>> expanded to 6.3 before sent to the web server.  Not sure why this
>>>>> happens though :/  %24 is ASCII hex code for $.
>>>> Thanks David, I also noticed that. But that is only one "strang" error!
>>>> I did try to change $releasever to 6.3 in all repo files in
>>>> /etc/yum.repo.d/, and did not have above error, but still got similar
>>>> error at the end:
>>>>
>>>>> --> Processing Dependency: kernel >= 2.6.9-11 for package:
>>>>> systemtap-runtime-1.7-5.el6.x86_64
>>>>> ---> Package xml-common.noarch 0:0.6.3-32.el6 will be installed
>>>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>>> Error: Package: libdrm-2.4.25-2.el6.x86_64 (sl)
>>>>>              Requires: kernel >= 2.6.29.1-52.fc11
>>>>> Error: Package: pcmciautils-015-4.2.el6.x86_64 (sl)
>>>>>              Requires: kernel >= 2.6.12-1.1411_FC5
>>>>> Error: Package: systemtap-runtime-1.7-5.el6.x86_64 (sl)
>>>>>              Requires: kernel >= 2.6.9-11
>>>>>    You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>>>>>    You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>>>> Question is: why the system installed fine with live CD, and now with
>>>> the exact same system, installation to different location
>>>> (/diskless/root) fails with all kind of dependencies?
>>> I'll admit I didn't look too carefully at the rest last time.  Fixing
>>> the first steps usually helps solving the next ones ... but there are a
>>> couple of things here I wonder about:
>>>
>>> kernel >= 2.6.29.1-52.fc11
>>> kernel >= 2.6.12-1.1411_FC5
>>> kernel >= 2.6.9-11
>>>
>>> That is ancient kernels, none of them have (to my knowledge) ever been
>>> EL kernels, and all of them predates EL6 and even EL5.
>>>
>>> So I'm wondering where it got the information about these kernels.
>>> Could you please provide the output of 'rpm -qa kernel' ?
>> Here you go:
>>
>> $ rpm -qa kernel
>> kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64
>> kernel-2.6.32-279.5.1.el6.x86_64
>>
> Hmm.  Just a silly question ... but have you tried a 'yum clean all' and
> then tried the groupinstall?  It's really peculiar that it complains
> about these old kernels when you don't have them - and the versions you
> have should really be good enough.
>

I just did. Same error:

$ yum clean all
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Cleaning repos: google-chrome sl sl-livecd-extra sl-security
Cleaning up Everything
$ yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Determining fastest mirrors
  * sl: ftp.scientificlinux.org
  * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
google-chrome |  951 B     00:00
google-chrome/primary | 1.4 kB     00:00
google-chrome 3/3
sl | 3.2 kB     00:00
sl/primary_db | 4.2 MB     00:26
sl-livecd-extra | 1.4 kB     00:00
sl-livecd-extra/primary |  25 kB     00:00
sl-livecd-extra 69/69
sl-security | 1.9 kB     00:00
sl-security/primary_db | 3.0 MB     00:28
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
$ yum -y groupinstall "Base" "Server Platform" --installroot=/diskless/root
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
  * sl: ftp.scientificlinux.org
  * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
Setting up Group Process
Checking for new repos for mirrors
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package acpid.x86_64 0:1.0.10-2.1.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/service for package: 
acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/chkconfig for package: 
acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/bash for package: 
acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/chkconfig for package: 
acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: acpid-1.0.10-2.1.el6.x86_64
....................
---> Package libXfont.x86_64 0:1.4.1-2.el6_1 will be installed
---> Package libdrm.x86_64 0:2.4.25-2.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel >= 2.6.29.1-52.fc11 for package: 
libdrm-2.4.25-2.el6.x86_64
---> Package libfontenc.x86_64 0:1.0.5-2.el6 will be installed
---> Package pcmciautils.x86_64 0:015-4.2.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel >= 2.6.12-1.1411_FC5 for package: 
pcmciautils-015-4.2.el6.x86_64
---> Package poppler-data.noarch 0:0.4.0-1.el6 will be installed
---> Package systemtap-runtime.x86_64 0:1.7-5.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel >= 2.6.9-11 for package: 
systemtap-runtime-1.7-5.el6.x86_64
---> Package xml-common.noarch 0:0.6.3-32.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: libdrm-2.4.25-2.el6.x86_64 (sl)
            Requires: kernel >= 2.6.29.1-52.fc11
Error: Package: pcmciautils-015-4.2.el6.x86_64 (sl)
            Requires: kernel >= 2.6.12-1.1411_FC5
Error: Package: systemtap-runtime-1.7-5.el6.x86_64 (sl)
            Requires: kernel >= 2.6.9-11
  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
  You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

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