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Description of problem: EPEL mirror list crashes Anaconda Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Anaconda 13.21.82 How reproducible: Include the EPEL mirror list in kickstart script. repo --name=EPEL --mirrorlist="http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64" Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create kickstart script with EPEL repo as shown above. 2. Run kickstart script. Actual results: Anaconda crashes. Expected results: Anaconda should use the mirrorlist from EPEL. Additional info: Using tcpdump, it appears that the following URL is being requested: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64/.treeinfo The .treeinfo file from this link is obviously invalid, and it crashes Anaconda.
Please attach /tmp/*log files to this bugzilla for further review. You might also try with a different mirrorlist URL: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-6&arch=x86_64 which uses the older plain text format list instead of an XML file. If that URL still appends /.treeinfo to it though, it'll fail...
Using http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64 will redirect to the first mirror and should work instead of the mirrorlist url. You can also try this update patch by passing this to the kernel boot line: updates=http://bcl.fedorapeople.org/updates/715130.img
Need to backport commit 70e02237a23ce8a7e37508f735584bcd6c6a256c
@Matt, the alternate link failed. @Brian, your first link works great. I didn't try the second link.
Created attachment 507890 [details] log files
BTW, thank you for your time and effort!
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Tested with anaconda-13.21.125. Install completed and selected packages from EPEL repo were installed.
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, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1565.html