Description of problem: If you install a local repository, you are unable to remove it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.1.32 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install a local repository, using a RPMm [root@cte-dev-evl-mm2 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/repo-local.repo [repo-local] name=repo-local - el6 baseurl=file:///var/lib/repo-local/repo gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 [root@cte-dev-evl-mm2 ~]# rpm -q --scripts repo-local postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): createrepo /var/lib/repo-local/repo >/dev/null 2. mock -r ptin-5-x86_64 --init mock -r ptin-5-x86_64 --install repo-local 3. mock -r ptin-5-x86_64 --remove repo-local -bash-4.1$ mock -r ptin-5-x86_64 --remove repo-local INFO: mock.py version 1.1.32 starting... Start: init plugins INFO: selinux disabled Finish: init plugins Start: run Mock Version: 1.1.32 INFO: Mock Version: 1.1.32 Start: lock buildroot INFO: removing package(s): repo-local ERROR: Command failed: # ['/usr/bin/yum', '--installroot', '/var/lib/mock/ptin-5-x86_64/root/', 'remove', 'repo-local'] file:///var/lib/repo-local/repo/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///var/lib/repo-local/repo/repodata/repomd.xml Trying other mirror. Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: repo-local. Please verify its path and try again You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 4. install repo-local in the host # yum install repo-local -bash-4.1$ ll /var/lib/repo-local total 20 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 10:41 repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 523 Nov 5 2012 repo-local-httpd.conf.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 244 Nov 5 2012 repo-local-nginx.conf.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Nov 5 2012 repo-local.repo.sample drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 10:41 testing -bash-4.1$ 5. try to remove again the repo-local package in the chroot -bash-4.1$ mock -r ptin-5-x86_64 --remove repo-local INFO: mock.py version 1.1.32 starting... Start: init plugins INFO: selinux disabled Finish: init plugins Start: run Mock Version: 1.1.32 INFO: Mock Version: 1.1.32 Start: lock buildroot INFO: removing package(s): repo-local Start: Outputting list of available packages Finish: Outputting list of available packages INFO: ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Removing: repo-local noarch 7-1.ptin.el5 @ptin 2.0 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Remove 1 Package(s) Installed size: 2.0 k could not open ts_done file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mock/ptin-5-x86_64/root/var/lib/yum/transaction-done.2013-08-13.10:41.22' Removed: repo-local.noarch 0:7-1.ptin.el5 Finish: lock buildroot Finish: run Actual results: mock fails to remove the package. Expected results: package should be removed normally. Additional info: it seems mock is looking at the host diretories whenever acting on local repositories. this bug does not seem to happen for a a EL6 mock environment.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 977007 ***