Created attachment 2078561 [details] packaging.log meanin Description of problem: during cobbler 3.3.x installation on RH 9.0, 9.2 and 9.4 using kickstart, the POSTTRANS installation script of cobbler failed (some with using only dnf) this is due to the script /usr/share/cobbler/bin/migrate-data-from-v2-v3.sh which import simplejson. simplejson IS NOT standard library available in RH dvd/distrib, but available in the EPEL repository Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.3.7-1.el9 How reproducible: all the times Steps to Reproduce: 1. create kickstart with minimal environment, and with cobbler 2. try to install, and you got a POSTTRANS failure 3. add the python3-simplejson to your DVD/distribution system from EPEL (like cobbler 3.3.x), and check you ks file to install python3-simplejson and the installation works Actual results: when executing the POSTRANS script, the RPM execute the script /usr/share/cobbler/bin/migrate-data-v2-to-v3.sh, and inside, it's a python 3.x script, with "import simplejson", but this is NOT a common library available inside the RH repository, but in the EPEL repository Expected results: in the cobbler 3.3.x spec file, add the "require python3-simplejson" to be sure that during any installation, should it be va kickstart, or on any system, using dnf, the python3-simplejson will be installed as a dependencie, and the cobbler installation works. Additional info: right now, as python3-simplejson is available inside EPEL, I download it, and install it manually BEFORE cobbler as part of the kiskstart process I got on my cobbler server, and I do the same installation on any upgrade cobbler from 3.2 to 3.3 and cobbler is now installed at least.
I think it's probably time to just remove running migrate-data-v2-to-v3.py in %posttrans - there shouldn't be any more cobbler 2.X installs out there. I'm surprised that it's even running though. The script has: # Migrate pre-3 configuration data if needed if [ -d %{_sharedstatedir}/cobbler/kickstarts -a $(find %{_sharedstatedir}/cobbler/collections -type f | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then echo warning: migrating pre cobbler 3 configuration data %{_datadir}/cobbler/bin/migrate-data-v2-to-v3.py fi which means it should only run if /usr/share/cobbler/kickstarts exists - which it shouldn't.