Description of problem: %package inconsistencies Reusing anaconda.ks.cfg on a 2nd system results in different packages installed than original system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL5 Client How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install via linux ask method to nfs mounted sources 2.Selection packages manually 3.Reuse anaconda.ks.cfg on 2nd system Actual results: rpm-qa > system1 differs rpm-qa > system2 Expected results: rpm-qa > system1 no diffs rpm-qa system2 Additional info:
Created attachment 151810 [details] .tar file of rpm-qa listing for 2 systems
What do the kickstart files generated from the first install and second install look like?
I can reproduce this 100% of the time with RHEL5 Server and the following steps. 1. Install via NFS mounted sources. 2. Keep all default packages, but add system-config-kickstart. System reboots with working X. 3. Open anaconda-ks.cfg in system-config-kickstart and save-as "ks.cfg". This changes the format of the file. 4. Reinstall RHEL5 Server on the same machine using "ks.cfg" via http. System is missing at least xorg-x11-xinit therefore no X. The packages section looks like this before and after system-config-kickstart ---------------------------------------------------------------------- %packages @admin-tools ----------------------------------------------------------------------
This may be going on in rhel4 as well, here are the package list sections of 2 ks files from our rhel4 installs 1st is from the ks file we use to build the system 2nd is the anaconda.ks.cfg file from the system after it's built 1st %packages @ kde-software-development @ office @ kde-desktop @ x-software-development @ legacy-software-development @ authoring-and-publishing @ gnome-desktop @ dialup @ system-tools @ sound-and-video @ editors @ emacs @ admin-tools @ base-x @ printing @ gnome-software-development @ graphics @ development-tools @ engineering-and-scientific @ text-internet @ graphical-internet am-utils kernel lvm2 grub kernel-devel e2fsprogs subversion gftp gsl gtk+-devel glib-devel postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-devel postgresql-docs postgresql-jdbc postgresql-libs postgresql-odbc postgresql-pl postgresql-python postgresql-tcl ruby ruby-devel ruby-libs ruby-mode unixODBC unixODBC-devel 2nd %packages @ kde-software-development @ office @ kde-desktop @ x-software-development @ legacy-software-development @ authoring-and-publishing @ gnome-desktop @ dialup @ system-tools @ sound-and-video @ editors @ emacs @ admin-tools @ emacs @ base-x @ printing @ gnome-software-development @ graphics @ development-tools @ engineering-and-scientific @ text-internet @ graphical-internet grub e2fsprogs kernel-smp kernel-smp-devel
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 280101 ***