On 01/16/2015 08:20 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> On 01/14/2015 02:49 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Orion Poplawski 
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> On 01/14/2015 11:55 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Orion Poplawski 
>>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>> ipa-server and ipa-server-trust-ad require subscription-manager.  
>>>>> Seems like
>>>>> SL7 shouldn't even be providing this package.  With it installed 
>>>>> you get:
>>>>>
>>>>> Loaded plugins: priorities, product-id, subscription-manager
>>>>> This system is not registered to Subscription Management. You can use
>>>>> subscription-manager to register.
>>>>>
>>>>> when running yum.
>>>> Perhaps, SL can apply a patch that is similar to what is in CentOS?
>>>>
>>>> https://git.centos.org/commitdiff/rpms!ipa/69f9f3454df6eac56e77a3041fbfc161d92d4f66 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Akemi
>>>>
>>> Perhaps, although that doesn't seem to be directly related. FWIW 
>>> centos also
>>> ships subscription-manager and ipa-server requires it.
>> This is another patch in CentOS that removes subscription-manager:
>>
>> https://git.centos.org/commitdiff/rpms!ipa/9dc499ad898372a78c8737fdb7edf3d66f988dc5 
>>
>>
>> Akemi
>
> It is a bit weird that IPA requires subscription-manager.  I'll have 
> to see if I can figure out why this requirement is present.
>
> As for providing subscription-manager with SL7, it is useful for 
> connecting to distributed management solutions such as Katello.
>
> Pat
>

After looking a bit more deeply into this I've filed upstream bug: 1183116

My reading of FreeIPA ticket: 
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4783 is that 
subscription-manager shouldn't be required for IPA on EL7.

Pat

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