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Bug 1790967 - Misleading Error message when trying to install module without default stream and profile: "missing groups or modules: <module-name>"
Summary: Misleading Error message when trying to install module without default stream...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dnf
Version: 8.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Jaroslav Mracek
QA Contact: Jan Blazek
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 1743676
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-01-14 15:49 UTC by Marek Havrila
Modified: 2024-03-25 15:37 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dnf-4.2.21-1.el8
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:52:25 UTC
Type: Bug
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output of `yum module list` (8.11 KB, text/plain)
2020-01-15 10:05 UTC, Marek Havrila 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2020:4510 0 None None None 2020-11-04 01:52:39 UTC

Description Marek Havrila 2020-01-14 15:49:13 UTC 
Description of problem:
Yum prints misleading error message when trying to install module that does not have default stream and profile: "missing groups or modules". Modules are not missing, they are present in output of `yum module list`. They just lack defaults. I first hit this message during installation, since it is also processed by anaconda if one try to install such modules during installation of RHEL-8.2 and printed in dialog window during the installation. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-8.2
yum 4.2.17

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run `yum module install pki-core`

Actual results:
Error: Problems in request:
missing groups or modules: pki-core

Expected results:
Different error message reflecting actual state. For example:
"Error: Problems in request:"
"Default stream and profile not defined for module: pki-core"
"No packages will be installed."

Additional info:
Comment 2 Marek Havrila 2020-01-15 10:05:51 UTC 
Created attachment 1652406 [details]
output of `yum module list`
Comment 4 Marek Blaha 2020-01-16 12:06:25 UTC 
This is complete current result:

# yum module install pki-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:05:34 ago on Thu Jan 16 05:58:08 2020.
No default profiles for module pki-core:10.6
Error: Problems in request:
missing groups or modules: pki-core

Given that the specific error message is present ('No default profiles for module pki-core:10.6'), would it be OK for you to change really misleading last line to general error:
broken groups or modules: pki-core. So the complete output would be:

# yum module install pki-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:05:34 ago on Thu Jan 16 05:58:08 2020.
No default profiles for module pki-core:10.6
Error: Problems in request:
broken groups or modules: pki-core
Comment 5 Jaroslav Mracek 2020-01-21 14:45:41 UTC 
I create a patch (https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1579) that will report no default proffiles or missing profiles at all as:

Missing default profile will be reported as:
No default profiles for module pki-core:10.6
Error: Problems in request:
broken groups or modules: pki-core
Comment 6 Jaroslav Mracek 2020-01-24 19:01:31 UTC 
CI-test: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/ci-dnf-stack/pull/775
Comment 7 Alex 2020-05-04 03:50:20 UTC 
Hi, is this solved?

How to apply patch?
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:52:25 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 (yum bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2020:4510
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