Bug 790513

Summary:	ipa-client-2.1.3-9.el6 does not install policycoreutils as a dependancy
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Dmitri Pal <dpal>
Component:	ipa	Assignee:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	IDM QE LIST <seceng-idm-qe-list>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.3	CC:	jgalipea, ksiddiqu, mkosek, syeghiay
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
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Doc Text:	The ipa-client package does not install the policycoreutils package as its dependency, which may cause install/uninstall issues when using the ipa-client-install setup script. To work around this issue, install the policycoreutils package manually: ~]# yum install policycoreutils	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Clones:	816317 817402 819996 821895 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-06-19 17:43:50 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	816317, 817402, 819996, 821895

Description Dmitri Pal 2012-02-14 18:15:45 UTC

This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2368

The yum installation of ipa-client does not ever install policycoreutils as a dependency which causes ipa-client-install to fail.


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 1292, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 1279, in main
    rval = install(options, env, fstore, statestore)
  File "/usr/sbin/ipa-client-install", line 1247, in install
    ipaclient.ntpconf.config_ntp(ntp_server, fstore, statestore)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ipaclient/ntpconf.py", line 114, in config_ntp
    ipaservices.restore_context(path_step_tickers)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ipapython/platform/redhat.py", line 134, in restore_context
    ipautil.run(["/sbin/restorecon", filepath], raiseonerr=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ipapython/ipautil.py", line 248, in run
    close_fds=True, env=env)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 639, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1228, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Comment 1 Martin Kosek 2012-02-27 16:38:32 UTC

Fixed upstream:
master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/e9ed7f7ca1948c1eded115f215b914987b79cea7
ipa-2-2: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/61f7a66a5846d65387f885c6fe5f8c1ab2f7deda

Comment 4 Martin Kosek 2012-04-24 11:45:45 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
No documentation needed.

Comment 9 Dmitri Pal 2012-04-25 19:25:04 UTC

Deleted Technical Notes Contents.

Old Contents:
No documentation needed.

Comment 11 Martin Kosek 2012-04-30 13:05:19 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: ipa-client does not install policycoreutils package as its dependency
Consequence: When a client machine does not have policycoreutils package installed, there may be install or uninstall issues with ipa-client-install setup script.
Workaround: Install policycoreutils package manually and retry the installation or uninstallation process.
Result: The client is successfully installed or uninstalled.

Comment 12 Dmitri Pal 2012-05-01 15:48:50 UTC

Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2368

Comment 14 Martin Prpič 2012-05-03 12:26:00 UTC

    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Cause: ipa-client does not install policycoreutils package as its dependency
+The ipa-client package does not install the policycoreutils package as its dependency, which may cause install/uninstall issues when using the ipa-client-install setup script. To work around this issue, install the policycoreutils package manually:
-Consequence: When a client machine does not have policycoreutils package installed, there may be install or uninstall issues with ipa-client-install setup script.
+
-Workaround: Install policycoreutils package manually and retry the installation or uninstallation process.
+    ~]# yum install policycoreutils-Result: The client is successfully installed or uninstalled.