On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Graham Allan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We just had to install a couple of SL 6.1 machines (due to collaboration > dependency on this version) and strangely found that the installation > would bomb every time with an anaconda error when trying to parse > /tmp/.treeinfo. The file contains the following contents: > > ... > > it was suggested there that someone post this to the SL lists but I > don't see any sign that happened. Their workaround of a dummy hosts > entry for ftp.scientificlinux.org does let the install succeed, but I > imagine that either putting the file back into place, or disabling the > "helpful" response from the server in favor of a plain 404 response, > should help? > > Although I'm curious why anaconda is attempting to download a file from > ftp.scientificlinux.org when all the declared sources are local - some > oversight in the installer build? > > The same problem afflicts SL 6.0, btw. This problem was brought to the list when 6.1 was released (more or less) and, IIRC, Connie tracked down the problem to a change in Anaconda's behavior.