+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #698002 +++ Description of problem: The cman RPM does not depend on pyOpenSSL, and fence_ilo simply fails with "Unable to connect/login to fencing device", regardless if '-v' or '-D /tmp/foo' are passed. This makes it very difficult to sort out what is wrong. It is true that the fence_ilo man page indicates that this is a required package, but it is easily missed when people skip the DESCRIPTION section and go right to reading the switches. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): cman-2.0.115-68.el5.x86_64 fence_ilo: FENCE_RELEASE_NAME="2.0.115"; How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Uninstall pyOpenSSL 2. Run 'fence_ilo -a <ip> -l <user> -p <pass> -o reboot 3. Actual results: Fails with a generic error message Expected results: Report that a dependent package is missing. Additional info: --- Additional comment from zidek on 2011-05-24 06:52:05 EDT --- cman should be dependent on pyOpenSSL. Today I run into huge problems after cluster split brain condition with this error.
If I recall correctly, this was a design decision meant to avoid a large number of dependencies that wouldn't be needed for most implementations. However, I think this has changed in RHEL 6. This said, I am a user, so I could be wrong on this. If a developer replies differently, disregard this. :)
Digimer is correct; the idea was to reduce dependencies. This is resolved in RHEL-6, where we did no such thing in the fence-agents package.