--ignoremissing and other %package line controls.

[Greg Oliver]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 6:22 PM, C. Petro <petro at cpetro.us> wrote:

> ​I had a ISO that I built for this client 2 years ago based off REHL7.2
> that worked a treat.
>
> I was updating it to RHEL 7.5 for some new server builds, and fixing some
> minor issues (some additional packages like Nano, telnet and adcli because
> they're a windows shop).
>
> "Ideally" I'd do something like this out of Cobbler or whatever they're
> calling it these days, or do a local package mirror. But they have such a
> small Linux footprint that it's not really worth it, And these servers are
> in a DMZ, so they're really isolated network wise.
>
>
​I have done the same thing.  You apparently ripped apart the 7.2 iso back
then, so rip apart the 7.5 iso and the packages should already be on it..
Not sure I understand..​



> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 4:50 PM, C. Petro <petro at cpetro.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, and also does anyone know a good way to check to make sure that the
>>> contents of your isolinux/Package directory contains all the depedencies
>>> that your %packages section is asking for?
>>>
>>> The script I found...missed 20 or 30 things.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 9:17 AM, C. Petro <petro at cpetro.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been trying to build a custom RHEL7 ISO for installing secure(ish)
>>>> servers in a DMZ.
>>>>
>>>> Basically I am trying to minimize the packages installed. I had a
>>>> working set based on RHEL 7.2, and tried to just copy that package list and
>>>> use RHEL7.5. Of course, dependencies have changed.
>>>>
>>>> So I tried to add:
>>>>
>>>> %packages --ignoremissing
>>>>
>>>> Which did not work--it still attempts to access a non-local repo and
>>>> install additional packages--10 tries at 30 seconds each!
>>>>
>>>> So I set:
>>>> %packages --ignoremissing --retries=2 --timeout=2
>>>>
>>>> And got no behavior change.
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing here?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Petro.
>>>> :wq
>>>>
>>>
>> ​I originally was not going to chime in, but it seems you are looking for
>> an ISO for installation that has already baked bread and wine.
>>
>>
>> What I do is cp -al the current mirror I have, then rsync mirror the
>> current repo and add that as a repo in my kickstart file.  I know I will
>> always the same exact packages for the duration.  It is really not much
>> data to mirror by today's standards and you will not have to ever worry
>> about missing packages.. ​
>>
>> Of course, you did not share any specifics, so no telling what you are
>> battling.
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>
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