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Description of problem:
The package anaconda-live was added [1] to the %packages section of /usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-livemedia.ks, but the package is not part of RHEL-8.3 (not included in BaseOS/AppStream repositories).
Because of this change, it's not possible to build livemedia using rhel-livemedia.ks
[1] https://github.com/weldr/lorax/commit/93d8e1ed0de8cfddda2410b3050cc4f3f0267804
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
lorax-28.14.54-1.el8
anaconda-33.16.3.21-1.el8
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum install lorax
2. make a copy of /usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-livemedia.ks and modify installation urls and root password
2. livemedia-creator --make-iso --ks rhel-livemedia.ks --no-virt
Actual results:
missing packages: anaconda-live
Expected results:
livemedia-creator finishes successfully.
Hi Brian,
We don't want to provide this package because live installations are not supported on RHEL. By removing the package we are strongly teling users that we don't support this scenario. Could you please remove this dependency from the templates instead?
This is a pretty big change from previous behavior. While we've never officially supported live images, we have made it possible for users to make their own . Removing this makes that impossible since it's not just a matter of a few required packages, the liveinst script is also missing.
qa_ack+ to remove anaconda from rhel-livemedia.ks
It should be mentioned, that although the liveinst script was part of RHEL-8.2, it wasn't possible to run an installation from live media, see for example bug 1665473.
So do I understand the outcome of the discussion here... that install from live media via anaconda is going to be removed and no longer possible... and that live media is possible, just not installable live media?
Or it is going to be fixed so we can have live installable media?
Installation from live media was not a supported feature and it was broken at least in RHEL-8.2. So yes, it will be possible to build live media, but not installing them.
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 (lorax 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/RHBA-2020:4662