<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Alan,</span></div><div><br></div><div>Your answer is the the right one. ' mrepo -uvvv' started working. It's so great1 Thank you very much again!</div><div><br></div><div>Now I've got a new issue that really drove me crazy: gensystemid was working fine last Friday, but stop working this morning. It's probably because I messed up some python stuff when doing the mrepo issue troubleshooting. Here is the error:</div><div><br></div><div># gensystemid -r 5Server -a i386 /var/mrepo/rhel5Server-i386<br>/usr/share/mrepo/up2date_client/up2dateUtils.py:16: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead<br> import md5 ((this error seems ok))<br>RHN Username:<br>RHN Password:<br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "/usr/bin/gensystemid", line 270, in <module><br> main()<br> File "/usr/bin/gensystemid", line 244, in main<br> except rpclib.Fault, f:<br>AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Fault'<br></div><div><br></div><div>From this error, I can't decide which packages should be uninstalled/reinstalled to fix the new problem. Please help! Thanks!<br></div><div> <br></div><div>nz<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alan Pittman <Alan.Pittman@publix.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "'fnwsa@yahoo.com'" <fnwsa@yahoo.com>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <spacewalk-list@redhat.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 6, 2012 7:48:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1427395800"> <style></style> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800WordSection1"> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Nick,</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> I did a search on _<i>use</i>_datetime and mrepo. I found a website called github that had some information related to mrepo and a python module called transports.py. It appears a update was made by adding the following (highlighted in red below):</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">class Transport(xmlrpclib.Transport):</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> user_agent = "rhn.rpclib.py/%s" % __version__</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> <b><span style="color:red;">_use_datetime = False</span></b></span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> def __init__(self, transfer=0, encoding=0, refreshCallback=None,</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> progressCallback=None):</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self._transport_flags = {'transfer' : 0, 'encoding' : 0}</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.set_transport_flags(transfer=transfer, encoding=encoding)</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self._headers = UserDictCase()</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.verbose = 0</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.connection = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.method = "POST"</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self._lang = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.refreshCallback = refreshCallback</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.progressCallback = progressCallback</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.bufferSize = 16384</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.headers_in = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.response_status = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self.response_reason = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> self._redirected = None</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">I am running mrepo-0.8.7-4.el6 and haven’t seen this problem, but I added the line to my transports.py file anyhow and ran a test download. It seems to work okay. You might want to give this a try. I can’t say that this is the answer, but it’s worth a shot.</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Alan</span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> fnwsa@yahoo.com [mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 03, 2012 5:03 PM<br> <b>To:</b> fnwsa@yahoo.com; Alan Pittman; 'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'; spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal"> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I've made a small mrepo.conf, but got the same errors.</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">AttributeError: SafeTransport instance has no attribute '_use_datetime'<br> mrepo: Mirroring failed for rhns:///rhel-i386-server-5 with message:<br> Failed with return code: 256</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">The error '_use_datetime' needs to be fixed. </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">-----------------------------------------</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># cat /etc/mrepo.conf<br> [main]<br> srcdir = /var/mrepo.new<br> wwwdir = /var/www/mrepo<br> confdir = /etc/mrepo.conf.d<br> arch = i386<br> <br> mailto = root@localhost<br> smtp-server = localhost<br> <br> rhnlogin = xxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxx<br> lftp-commands = set hftp:use-head 0<br> <br> [rhel-server-5-i386]<br> name = Red Hat Advanced Server $release ($arch)<br> release = 5<br> arch = i386<br> <br> updates = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-5<br> supplementary = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5<br> rhn-tools = rhns:///$repo-rhel-$arch-server-5<br> <br> rpmforge = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/">http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</a><br> elrepo = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/">http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/</a><br> spacewalk = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/i386/">http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/i386/</a></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">------------------------------------------------<br> <br> Thank you & have a good weekend! </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;">nz</span></div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="100%"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> "<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b>To:</b> Alan Pittman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com">Alan.Pittman@publix.com</a>>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 3, 2012 4:17:42 PM<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> <div id="yiv1427395800"> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Alan,</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Here is the info:</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># ls -l /var/mrepo/<br> total 24<br> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 4 2010 all<br> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Aug 3 16:04 rhel5c-i386<br> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 3 14:08 rhel5Server-i386<br> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 3 14:12 rhel5Server-x86_64<br> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Aug 3 16:05 rhel5s-i386<br> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 3 16:07 rhel-server-5-x86_64</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">(Each directory has its own systemid file created)</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># cat /etc/mrepo.conf<br> [main]<br> srcdir = /var/mrepo<br> wwwdir = /var/www/mrepo<br> confdir = /etc/mrepo.conf.d<br> arch = i386<br> <br> mailto = root@localhost<br> smtp-server = localhost<br> <br> rhnlogin = rhnuserid:rhnpasswd<br> lftp-commands = set hftp:use-head 0<br> <br> ### Any other section is considered a definition for a distribution<br> ### You can put distribution sections in /etc/mrepo.conf.d/<br> ### Examples can be found in the documentation at:<br> ### /usr/share/doc/mrepo-0.8.7/dists/.<br> <br> ### Additional repositories<br> updates = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-5<br> # vt = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5<br> supplementary = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5<br> # fastrack = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5<br> # hts = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5<br> rhn-tools = rhns:///$repo-rhel-$arch-server-5<br> <br> ### RPMforge repository<br> # rpmforge = rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/<br> #rpmforge = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="ftp://apt.sw.be/pub/dag/pub/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/"> ftp://apt.sw.be/pub/dag/pub/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</a><br> rpmforge = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/">http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</a><br> <br> ### EPEL repository<br> # EPEL = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/epel/$release/$arch/">http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/epel/$release/$arch/</a><br> EPEL = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/">http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/</a><br> <br> ### ELrepo repository<br> #elrepo-testing = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/$arch/">http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/$arch/</a><br> elrepo = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/">http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/</a><br> <br> ### Custom repository for your own RPM packages<br> mondo = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mondorescue.org/ftp/rhel/5/x86_64">http://www.mondorescue.org/ftp/rhel/5/x86_64</a><br> spacewalk = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/x86_64">http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/x86_64</a><br> spacewalk = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/i386/">http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/i386/</a></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># ls /etc/mrepo.conf.d<br> rhel5c.conf rhel5s.conf</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Thank you!</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;">nz</span></div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="100%"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> Alan Pittman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com">Alan.Pittman@publix.com</a>><br> <b>To:</b> "'fnwsa@yahoo.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 3, 2012 3:59:26 PM<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> <div id="yiv1427395800"> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Nick,</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> Did you run the gensystemid command? If so, where does the systemid file reside? </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">You should have a separate ID for each version and architecture that you want to download.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">I created 4 IDs. They reside in the base (source) directories where mrepo stores the RPMs for each version/architecture.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">/clonefs/6Server-i386/systemid</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">/clonefs/6Server-x86_64/systemid</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">/clonefs/5Server-i386/systemid</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">/clonefs/5Server-x86_64/systemid</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">In my mrepo.conf file, /clonefs is the srcdir= location and the 6Server-i386, 6Server-x86_64, etc, equate to the sections headers.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">From my config file:</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">[5Server-x86_64]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">release = 5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">arch = x86_64</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">metadata = repomd repoview</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">iso = /clonefs/5Server-x86_64/rhel-server-5.7-x86_64-dvd.iso</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">[5Server-i386]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">release = 5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">arch = i386 </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">metadata = repomd repoview</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">iso = /clonefs/5Server-i386/rhel-server-5.7-i386-dvd.iso</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">[6Server-x86_64]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">release = 6</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">arch = x86_64</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">metadata = repomd repoview</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">iso = /clonefs/6Server-x86_64/rhel-server-6.0-x86_64-dvd.iso</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">[6Server-i386]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">release = 6</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">arch = i386 </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">metadata = repomd repoview</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">iso = /clonefs/6Server-386/rhel-server-6.0-i386-dvd.iso</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Alan</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a> [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 03, 2012 3:36 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Alan Pittman; 'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Alan,</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Thank you again for your help!<br> I have done mrepo configuration, but failed at 'mrepo -uvvv' with lots of errors like:</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">AttributeError: SafeTransport instance has no attribute '_use_datetime'<br> mrepo: Mirroring failed for rhns:///rhel-i386-server-vt-5 with message:<br> Failed with return code: 256</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">It looks like a datetime issue.</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># date<br> Fri Aug 3 15:27:10 EDT 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"># rpm -q rhpl<br> rhpl-0.221-2.el6.rf.x86_64</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br> I've googled a lot but haven't found a solution yet. Any help will be greatly appreciated!</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">nz</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="100%"> </span></div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> Alan Pittman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com">Alan.Pittman@publix.com</a>><br> <b>To:</b> "'fnwsa@yahoo.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 3, 2012 9:24:43 AM<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> <div id="yiv1427395800"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Nick,</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> Unfortunately, Spacewalk won’t/can’t connect to RHN. What mrepo will do is connect(logon) to RHN and pull all of the RPMs and place them in a series on directories. With the appropriate options, mrepo will then create a local repository which then can be used to populate the Spacewalk database.</span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">Follow the steps to install mrepo (if you haven’t already) and run the gensystemid script (should be one of the steps in the install doc). Once that’s done, you’ll have to create or update the mrepo.conf file. Here’s a portion of mine so that you have an idea what to configure:</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">root@taeps001 etc]# cat ./mrepo.conf</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Configuration file for mrepo</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### The [main] section allows to override mrepo's default settings</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### The mrepo-example.conf gives an overview of all the possible settings</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">[main]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">srcdir = /clonefs </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">wwwdir = /var/www/mrepo</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">confdir = /etc/mrepo.conf.d</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">arch = i386 x86_64</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">mailto = root@localhost</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">smtp-server = localhost</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">rhnlogin = <rhnuserid>:<rhnpassword></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Any other section is considered a definition for a distribution</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### You can put distribution sections in /etc/mrepo.conf.d/</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Examples can be found in the documentation at:</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### /usr/share/doc/mrepo-0.8.7/dists/.</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">[5Server-x86_64]</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">name = Red Hat Enterprise Server ($release) ($arch)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">release = 5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">arch = x86_64</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">metadata = repomd repoview</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">iso = /clonefs/5Server-x86_64/rhel-server-5.7-x86_64-dvd.iso</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Additional repositories</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">updates = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"># vt = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">supplementary = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"># fastrack = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"># hts = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-$repo-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">rhn-tools = rhns:///$repo-rhel-$arch-server-5</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### RPMforge repository</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"># rpmforge = rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#rpmforge = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="ftp://apt.sw.be/pub/dag/pub/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/"> ftp://apt.sw.be/pub/dag/pub/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">rpmforge = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/">http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$release/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### EPEL repository</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"># EPEL = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/epel/$release/$arch/">http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu/pub/epel/$release/$arch/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">EPEL = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/">http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/</a> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### ELrepo repository</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">elrepo = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/">http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/$arch/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#elrepo-testing = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/$arch/">http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/$arch/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### OpenVZ repositories</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#ovzkernel = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://download.openvz.org/kernel/rhel5/">http://download.openvz.org/kernel/rhel5/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#ovztemplate = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://download.openvz.org/template/">http://download.openvz.org/template/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#ovzutils = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://download.openvz.org/utils/">http://download.openvz.org/utils/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Fedora EPEL packages (incompatible with RPMforge)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">#epel = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/$release/$arch/"> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/$release/$arch/</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">### Custom repository for your own RPM packages</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">mondo = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mondorescue.org/ftp/rhel/5/x86_64">http://www.mondorescue.org/ftp/rhel/5/x86_64</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">spacewalk = <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/x86_64">http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.7/RHEL/5/x86_64</a></span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a> [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 03, 2012 9:07 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Alan Pittman; 'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Hi Alan,</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Thank you very much for your very helpful reply!!</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">My purpose is to patch all of our RHEL5x/6x systems, so I need to "</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository</span><span style="color:black;">" as you said. Please correct me if I am wrong here.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I've just installed mrepo, but still don't understand the whole picture. With mrepor's help, can Spacewalk connect directly to the RHN servers? What URL should be used in the Repository URL? Yes, I have RHN userid and password.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Have a nice day!</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Nick</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="100%"> </span></div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> Alan Pittman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Alan.Pittman@publix.com">Alan.Pittman@publix.com</a>><br> <b>To:</b> "'fnwsa@yahoo.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>>; "'spacewalk-list@redhat.com'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a>> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:42:35 PM<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div id="yiv1427395800"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Nick,</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> When I click on the link, the browser takes me to the repodata sub-directory. When I tried backing up a couple of levels, I never saw any RPMs. </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Can I assume that you want to connect to RHN and download all of the available RPMS and populate your Spacewalk repository? If so, you’ll have to download and install a utility called mrepo because Spacewalk doesn’t have the ability to connect directly to the RHN servers. </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Also, must also have a valid RHN userid and password for mrepo to connect. </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">aep</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2012 5:01 PM<br> <b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] Repository URL?</span><span style="color:black;"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Hi, I am now trying to create my first Repository for RHEL 6 (64bit) systems. Can I use the following link as Repository URL in Spacewalk's Create New Repository page?</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/repodata/">ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/x86_64/Debuginfo/repodata/</a><br> <br> If it's not the right one, where can I find it?<br> <br> Thank you in advance!<br> <br> Nick</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> <div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yiv1427395800MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br> _______________________________________________<br> Spacewalk-list mailing list<br> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>