<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.2"> <TITLE>RE: Kickstart hangs when removing sendmail</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks for the suggestions guys. We're not installing the RH Postfix. We're using PostgreSQL not MySQL and the Postfix that ships with RH doesn't include support for Postgres. I'm installing Postfix with Postgres support as part of the kickstart %post. My problem is no matter what I try I can't not install sendmail when stick strictly to the %packages portion of the kickstart. %packages --resolvedeps gcc make openssh openssh-clients openssh-server patch perl perl-CGI perl-DBI perl-HTML-Parser perl-libwww-perl perl-URI openssl openssl-perl rdate rpm-build rpmdb-redhat sharutils sudo telnet unzip wget up2date eject -sendmail I know I set --resolvedeps, so something in there wants it (or maybe Anaconda itself simply wants it) If I try ot remove it from %post, it sometimes never returns... rpm -e sendmail --nodeps Note the --nodeps, so I don't get the dependancy errors. Once Postfix is installed, those complaints don't mean a thing, it just works as expected. So I tried the following trickery... RETURN=`rpm -e sendmail --nodeps& 2>&1 > /dev/null` ilimit=60 isleep=1 for ((i=0 ; i < ilimit ; i++)); do RETURN=`rpm -q sendmail | grep "not installed"` if [ "$RETURN" ]; then # Sendmail has finally been removed... echo " -> Sendmail has been removed" break fi done Haven't had time to test it yet, but the idea is if `rpm -e sendmail` never retrurns sometimes, I might as well spawn it as a background process and watch the `rpm -q sendmail` for the removal itself. (I noticed that when I get the hang, a reboot and login shows sendmail not installed) Very frustrating, but I wouldn't care so much if Postfix didn't' need sendmail removed. (their docs claim so, and our testing indiciated some incompatibiltiies) Thanks again for the help. - Chris -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [<A HREF="mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Edgar Chillón 'Chillux' Sent: January 28, 2005 12:32 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Kickstart hangs when removing sendmail I dont remember if postfix requires a sendmail as a dependency but if not here is the solution: In the ks.cfg in the package system: @ Base -mdam -sendmail In the %post rpm -ihv postfix If the postfix needs dependencys obviusly you have to install it fist. Regards --- Chris Mckenzie <Chris.McKenzie@entrust.com> escribió: > Hi all. > > My kickstart occasionally hangs indefinitely > intermittedly when from my > %post I call: > > rpm -e sendmail > > I subsequently install Postfix, and I absolutely > require Sendmail removed > before hand. > > It's inexplicable. Rpm never returns, the %post just > sits there. > > Any ideas? I can't pipe STDERR, and the damn thing > never returns. When I do > get the hang, I'm already on TTY3, and none of the > other TTYs offer any > clues. > > Thanks!!! > > - Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@redhat.com > <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" TARGET="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</A> ===== -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Edgar Alberto Chillón Escárcega Mobile: 04455-1951-9194 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- PublicKeyID: 0x584CF620 [DH/DSS] <A HREF="http://keyserver.noreply.org/" TARGET="_blank">http://keyserver.noreply.org/</A> FingerPrint: 1EDE EF26 C6AA 17DC 1A59 97C8 5270 1942 584C F620 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? La mejor conexión a internet y 25MB extra a tu correo por $100 al mes. <A HREF="http://net.yahoo.com.mx" TARGET="_blank">http://net.yahoo.com.mx</A> _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@redhat.com <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list" TARGET="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list</A> </BODY> </HTML>