[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler import --mirror error

[Michael DeHaan]

James Fidell wrote:
> I'm new to cobbler, so it's possible I've missed something obvious.
> Please point me in the right direction if that's the case.
>
> I've rebuild the source RPM for 0.3.9-1 on a Centos 4.4 server and
> I'm trying to import Fedora Core 6 from a mirror using rsync:
>
>   cobbler import
> --mirror=rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/
> --name=fedoracore6
>
> Once the rsync is complete (fairly quick, as I populated most of it from
> RPMs I'd already downloaded), I get the following messages:
>
>   /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6
>   /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/images
>   /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/images/xen
>   (distro added)
>   (profile added)
>   - looking for comps in /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6
>   Error: groupfile
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/repodata/comps.xml cannot be found.
>
> Followed by a usage message from createrepo.
>
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/repodata/comps.xml is present
> however, and readable.
>
> It looks possible to me that cobbler is running
>
>   createrepo --groupfile
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/repodata/comps.xml
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6
>
> but then createrepo is prepending the path to fedoracore6 and
> trying to open
>
>
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6//var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/fedoracore6/repodata/comps.xml
>
> Any ideas on how to get this working?  I'm using createrepo-0.4.3-1
> if that makes a difference.
>
> James
>
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I've noticed this recently as well... I'm wondering if createrepo might 
have changed somewhat.

I'll look into this and get back to you.

--MPD