Bug 715130

Summary: EPEL mirror list crashes Anaconda in Kickstart Script.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Kim <kim>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Brian Lane <bcl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Version: 6.1CC: atodorov, borgan, jonstanley, matt_domsch
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.21.123-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Kim 2011-06-21 23:14:27 UTC 
Description of problem:

EPEL mirror list crashes Anaconda

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Anaconda 13.21.82

How reproducible:

Include the EPEL mirror list in kickstart script.

repo --name=EPEL --mirrorlist="http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64"


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create kickstart script with EPEL repo as shown above.
2. Run kickstart script.
  
Actual results:

Anaconda crashes.

Expected results:

Anaconda should use the mirrorlist from EPEL.

Additional info:

Using tcpdump, it appears that the following URL is being requested:

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64/.treeinfo

The .treeinfo file from this link is obviously invalid, and it crashes Anaconda.
Comment 2 Matt Domsch 2011-06-22 18:34:44 UTC 
Please attach /tmp/*log files to this bugzilla for further review.

You might also try with a different mirrorlist URL:
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64

which uses the older plain text format list instead of an XML file.  If that URL still appends /.treeinfo to it though, it'll fail...
Comment 4 Brian Lane 2011-06-22 18:51:54 UTC 
Using http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64 will redirect to the first mirror and should work instead of the mirrorlist url.

You can also try this update patch by passing this to the kernel boot line:
updates=http://bcl.fedorapeople.org/updates/715130.img
Comment 5 Brian Lane 2011-06-22 18:55:05 UTC 
Need to backport commit 70e02237a23ce8a7e37508f735584bcd6c6a256c
Comment 6 Kim 2011-06-23 15:35:34 UTC 
@Matt, the alternate link failed.

@Brian, your first link works great. I didn't try the second link.
Comment 7 Kim 2011-06-23 15:38:28 UTC 
Created attachment 507890 [details]
log files
Comment 8 Kim 2011-06-23 15:39:27 UTC 
BTW, thank you for your time and effort!
Comment 9 RHEL Program Management 2011-07-18 15:00:20 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 12 Alexander Todorov 2011-08-04 14:03:00 UTC 
Tested with anaconda-13.21.125. Install completed and selected packages from EPEL repo were installed.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 10:38:16 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1565.html