Bug 77073

Summary: Installation Tree Not Found.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Frode Tennebø <frodet>
Component: redhat-config-packagesAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
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Description Frode Tennebø 2002-10-31 20:12:53 UTC
Description of Problem:

redhat-config-packages fails to start with the message

"
Installation Tree Not Found.

The path None does not look like a valid installation source."


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

[ft@leia bin]$ rpm -qf redhat-config-packages
redhat-config-packages-1.0.1-1


How Reproducible:

Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:


Expected Results:


Additional Information:
	
I upgraded from RH 7.3 to 8.0 and the new graphical package system fails to 
start.

The only abnormal thing I can find from strace is:

[pid 31385] query_module("ide-probe-mod", QM_INFO, 0xbfffee60, 16, 0) = -1 
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
:
[pid 31387] write(2, "modprobe: ", 10)  = 10
[pid 31387] write(2, "Can\'t locate module ide-probe", 29) = 29
[pid 31387] write(2, "\n", 1)           = 1

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-10-31 20:40:09 UTC
What is the output of `rpm -q comps`?

Comment 2 Frode Tennebø 2002-11-01 22:43:24 UTC
[ft@leia ft]$ rpm -q comps
package comps is not installed

I could not find comps in any of the packages on the RH8.0 CDs and searching 
for comps on rpmfind only gave:
http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/s390/SRPMS/comps-8.0-0.20020906.src.html


Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2002-11-05 18:39:39 UTC
Yes, the comps packages is located at RedHat/base/comps.rpm of a Red Hat Linux
install tree and is installed by the installer as a special case, which is why I
asked how you installed.

Comment 4 Frode Tennebø 2002-11-05 23:39:42 UTC
Sorry, I upgraded to 8.0 from a previously upgraded 7.3 installation. I did 
nothing out of the ordinary. I'll try installing it manually when I get RPM 
stable....

Comment 5 Frode Tennebø 2002-12-30 14:38:58 UTC
I installed the comps.rpm package manually and now redhat-config-packages works. However it does not explain why the package was left out during the original upgrade.

Comment 6 Jeremy Katz 2002-12-30 18:22:57 UTC
Did you install from CD or from an install tree copied somehow?

Comment 7 Frode Tennebø 2002-12-31 00:09:20 UTC
I _upgraded_ (from 7.3) from the CDs (where I also fetched the missing comps package).

Comment 8 Jeremy Katz 2003-02-10 01:47:25 UTC
There are more assurances in the installer for the comps package to be installed
now.