[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler on RHEL5 -- need to disable mod_python status tracking piece

[Michael DeHaan]

There are instructions for installing a cobbler server on RHEL-5 on 
et.redhat.com.    On little catch though -- apparently cobbler's 
mod_python file tracking solution (which is very happy on Fedora), still 
doesn't work on RHEL5 at this point according to at least one report.  
(I thought it just needed python2.4, but maybe Apache is the cause 
instead?).   The result of this is that you may see an error in 
Anaconda  during install, that includes a python 2.4 traceback from the 
host.    The tracking code is due for an overhaul, so a quick workaround 
is as follows ...

diff --git a/cobbler/action_sync.py b/cobbler/action_sync.py
index 55c558f..d0efa06 100644
--- a/cobbler/action_sync.py
+++ b/cobbler/action_sync.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class BootSync:
 
         mod_python_ok = True
 
-        for x in [ "redhat-release-4", "redhat-release-3", 
"centos-release-4", "centos-release-3" ]:
+        for x in [ "redhat-release-5", "redhat-release-4", 
"redhat-release-3", "centos-release-4", "centos-release-3" ]:
             if release_info.lower().find(x) != -1:
                 mod_python_ok = False


Just delete your /etc/httpd/conf.d/cobbler.conf and re-run "cobbler 
sync" -- cobbler will regenerate a version of the configuration file 
that doesn't have the status tracking part enabled.   Syslog-based tracking
will still work, as will "cobbler status" (just with less data).  

I'll work on getting a better kickstart tracking solution in for future 
releases.

--Michael