Created attachment 586331 [details] Full output from "yum install spacewalk-postgresql" Description of problem: Installation on new install of Scientific Linux 6.2 fails because no velocity-tools package can be found. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.7 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow RHEL 6 installation instructions on spacewalk wiki. 2. Configure and verify repos are set up. 3. Install postgresql and verify it's operational. 4. Run yum install spacewalk-postgresql Actual results (full output in attachment): From the end of the yum process: --> Running transaction check ---> Package sitemesh.noarch 0:2.4.1-1.jpp5 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: velocity-tools for package: sitemesh-2.4.1-1.jpp5.noarch ---> Package spacewalk-slf4j.noarch 0:1.6.1-1.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: sitemesh-2.4.1-1.jpp5.noarch (jpackage-generic) Requires: velocity-tools You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Expected results: Spacewalk-postgresql should install cleanly finding all required packages. Additional info: [root@valdez ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kmdl, priorities, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.hiwaay.net * rpmforge: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * sl: ftp2.scientificlinux.org * sl-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org 282 packages excluded due to repository priority protections 0 packages excluded due to repository protections repo id repo name status adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated 17 adobe-linux-x86_64 Adobe Systems Incorporated 2 atrpms Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 - ATrpms 2,009 epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 7,305+40 jpackage-generic JPackage generic 2,641+666 rpmforge RHEL 6.2 - RPMforge.net - dag 4,326+1 sl Scientific Linux 6.2 - x86_64 6,114+225 sl-security Scientific Linux 6.2 - x86_64 - security updates 501+16 spacewalk Spacewalk 135 repolist: 23,050 [root@sw-server ~]# yum list velocity* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kmdl, priorities, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.hiwaay.net * rpmforge: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * sl: ftp2.scientificlinux.org * sl-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org 282 packages excluded due to repository priority protections 0 packages excluded due to repository protections Installed Packages velocity.noarch 1.4-10.7.el6 @/velocity-1.4-10.7.el6.noarch Available Packages velocity-demo.noarch 1.4-10.7.el6 sl velocity-javadoc.noarch 1.4-10.7.el6 sl velocity-manual.noarch 1.4-10.7.el6 sl
Your jpackage generic repo configuration or priorities are wrong. I just did # cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/jpackage-generic.repo << EOF > [jpackage-generic] > name=JPackage generic > #baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/pub/jpackage/5.0/generic/free/ > mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/mirrorlist.php?dist=generic&type=free&release=5.0 > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage.asc > EOF # yum install velocity-tools [...] ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: velocity-tools noarch 1.4-1.jpp5 jpackage-generic 145 k Installing for dependencies: [...] Also, checking http://www.jpackage.org/mirrorlist.php?dist=generic&type=free&release=5.0 and using the first URL http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/jpackage/5.0/generic/free I can see http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/jpackage/5.0/generic/free/RPMS/velocity-tools-1.4-1.jpp5.noarch.rpm under it just fine. Please investigate why your yum does not get that rpm.
I think it may have been caused by my local configs. I mirror the SL repos, Fedora 15 & 16, along with rpmfusion,rpmforge, epel, atrpms locally to save on bandwidth. All my systems then use a local repo for updates. I tested another install on Fedora 15, not using my local repos and the spacewalk installed with no errors. I'm not installing on SL6.2, using the normal repos instead of my local repos and it's working. My local repos are sync'd using reposync, then I run createrepo on them to get them ready for clients. Could I be missing something in that process that would cause the repo to appear different somehow?
Throwing as many repos as possible on the problem isn't always the best option. I don't think the repos are quaranteed to work all together. Specifically, the installation instructions https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall assume that you don't have extra yum repos configured beyond those specified on this page for those various versions of operating systems. If you have extra repos, it's really up to you to figure out in what way they affect the yum transaction.