[Spacewalk-list] Problem on first installation

[Carlo Filippetto]

Hi Jan
I can see the XML file



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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<repomd xmlns="http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo">
  <data type="other_db">
    <location href="repodata/other.sqlite.bz2"/>
    <checksum type="sha">4024362281593b3efde44427320fe5844734f1e1</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018848</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">db7ec3038e0d3cb80cc969f30fcd94260017f780</open-checksum>
    <database_version>10</database_version>
  </data>
  <data type="other">
    <location href="repodata/other.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">64c240826814faa9782136f2d7d693ed3a86936c</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018835</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">34a929b7989d71fa0061cf58f501cb38044f0220</open-checksum>
  </data>
  <data type="filelists_db">
    <location href="repodata/filelists.sqlite.bz2"/>
    <checksum type="sha">27877a852daa88ac256f0bb81e740c9587c27995</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018854</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">9d45ced679087ef8e070fa4155eed830c2cfe5a8</open-checksum>
    <database_version>10</database_version>
  </data>
  <data type="filelists">
    <location href="repodata/filelists.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">139ffa3cb2f917d28e93c96c9f0185ba8356f43a</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018835</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">46f3157cbfb43078a2d8123e595b39e964806cd3</open-checksum>
  </data>
  <data type="primary_db">
    <location href="repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2"/>
    <checksum type="sha">6b58a9881779c5f845af74b872786b0af65cf84c</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018856</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">d5afa07b6c64363e0da922ef3a1d268d828a17dc</open-checksum>
    <database_version>10</database_version>
  </data>
  <data type="primary">
    <location href="repodata/primary.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">cfda25cad272333fe8d86ae89fc86b814fd2b3f8</checksum>
    <timestamp>1325018835</timestamp>
    <open-checksum
type="sha">d9447c0cfd1167eb9f65b9848a91665137529077</open-checksum>
  </data>
</repomd>

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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:31:57 +0100
> From: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora at redhat.com>
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Problem on first installation
> Message-ID: <20120103133157.GD21536 at redhat.com>
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> On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 12:47:29PM +0100, Carlo Filippetto wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm new with Spacewalk.
>> I'm able to install and make the first configuration on Centos 5.7,
>> and version Spacewalk 1.6 + Postgress
>>
>> I follow these guides:
>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/UserDocs#Introduction
>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PackageManagement/Spacewalk#head-e04eadc5ed664bd79068564af7d84662c3081b22
>>
>>
>>
>> Now I'm tring to add channel but I receive always the same error when
>> try to use
>>
>> spacewalk-repo-sync
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> /usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel centos5-updates-i386 \
>> >                              --url http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/i386/ \
>> >
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync", line 100, in ?
>>     sys.exit(abs(main() or 0))
>>   File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync", line 93, in main
>>     sync.sync()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/reposync.py",
>> line 103, in sync
>>     self.import_packages(plugin, repo_id, url)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/reposync.py",
>> line 309, in import_packages
>>     packages = plug.list_packages(filters)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spacewalk/satellite_tools/repo_plugins/yum_src.py",
>> line 149, in list_packages
>>     self.sack.populate(self.repo, 'metadata', None, 0)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 168, in populate
>>     if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 226, in
>> _check_db_version
>>     return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1226,
>> in _check_db_version
>>     repoXML = self.repoXML
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1399, in <lambda>
>>     repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1395,
>> in _getRepoXML
>>     raise Errors.RepoError, msg
>> yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)
>> for repository: centos5-updates-i386. Please verify its path and try
>> again
>> ------------------
>
> The command works just fine on my Spacewalk. Are you able to reach
> the yum repo at all? What does
>
>  # curl http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
>
> output?
>
> --
> Jan Pazdziora
> Principal Software Engineer, Satellite Engineering, Red Hat
>
>
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