[Spacewalk-list] kick-start not completing groups

[Jon Miller]

thepowertool_sc at hotmail.com writes:

> I am currently running Spacewalk 1.9 on Fedora 18.  I can provide more detail on this, as
> necessary.
>
> I have kickstart setup and I can install systems from kickstart with some success.  I have noticed
> that when I install from kickstarts it seems that groups are not completely installed.  I'll show
> examples and would appreciate any trouble-shooting pointers.  I'm wondering if I missed something
> when configuring my Spacewalk server.  Thanks!
>
> (please see questions at bottom)
>
> yum grouplist installed
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
> This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.
> fedora18-x86-64/group                                    | 1.6 MB     00:00    
> fedora18-x86-64/group                                    | 1.6 MB     00:00    
> Failed to retrieve group file for repository: fedora18-x86-64
> Installed Groups:
>    Administration Tools
>    Authoring and Publishing
>    Cloud Infrastructure
>    Design Suite
>    Development Tools
>    Electronic Lab
>    Milkymist
>    Network Servers
>    Office/Productivity
>    Robotics
>    Sound and Video
>    Spacewalk Client
>    System Tools
>    Text-based Internet
> Done
>
>
> yum groupinfo Office/Productivity
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
> This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.
> fedora18-x86-64/group                                    | 1.6 MB     00:00    
> fedora18-x86-64/group                                    | 1.6 MB     00:00    
> Failed to retrieve group file for repository: fedora18-x86-64
>
> Group: Office/Productivity
>  Group-Id: office
>  Description: The applications include office suites, PDF viewers, and more.
>  Optional Packages:
>    MagicPoint
>    Saaghar
>    Zim
>    abiword
>    aiksaurus-thesaurus
>    alexandria
>    bibus
>    calcurse
>    calibre
>    calligra
>    calligra-braindump
>    calligra-flow
>    calligra-kexi
>    calligra-plan
>    calligra-sheets
>    calligra-stage
>    calligra-words
>    cherrytree
>    dayplanner
>    dia
>    evince
>    glabels
>    glom
>    gnucash
>    gnumeric
>    gnumeric-plugins-extras
>    gourmet
>    gramps
>    grisbi
>    hnb
>    htmldoc
>    jpilot
>    kchmviewer-qt
>    kdepim
>    keurocalc
>    klatexformula
>    klatexformula-ktexteditor-plugin
>    kmymoney
>    krecipes
>    kreetingkard
>    kreetingkard_templates
>    libreoffice-base
>    libreoffice-calc
>    libreoffice-draw
>    libreoffice-emailmerge
>    libreoffice-graphicfilter
>    libreoffice-impress
>    libreoffice-javafilter
>    libreoffice-math
>    libreoffice-ogltrans
>    libreoffice-presentation-minimizer
>    libreoffice-report-builder
>    libreoffice-voikko
>    libreoffice-wiki-publisher
>    libreoffice-writer
>    libreoffice-xsltfilter
>    lonote
>    lyx
>    okular
>    openoffice.org-ooolatex
>    pdfedit
>    planner
>    pybliographer
>    qcad
>    rednotebook
>    revelation
>    skrooge
>    starcal
>    taskcoach
>    taskjuggler
>    tellico
>    tetex-IEEEtran
>    texmaker
>    vym
>    wyrd
>    xchm
>    xdvik
>    xfbib
>    xournal
>
> rpm -qa | grep libre
> libreport-web-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-filesystem-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-plugin-ureport-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-gtk-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-newt-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-plugin-reportuploader-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-python-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-plugin-bugzilla-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-plugin-logger-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> libreport-fedora-2.1.5-1.fc18.x86_64
> * so isn't this incomplete?
>
> I know it says the list of packages is "optional" but if I install from DVD libre-office is
> installed by default.
>
> I am trying to figure out the difference between the packages on the default install (from DVD) and
> my kickstart.
>
> Also, what's with the error:  Failed to retrieve group file for repository: fedora18-x86-64 -- I
> did try some basic Google searches but with absolutely no success.

My guess is that you have duplicate repositories configured for yum. One from
the default distro and the other from Spacewalk. I like do a "yum -v
repolist | grep url" when investigating where / what my repos are pointing
at. 

As for the discrepancy between what is installed from a default DVD install
vs. your kickstart, I suppose you *might* be able to find a sample package
list on the DVD that is used but I'm completely speculating at this
point. Instead, I would just focus on what you really want to have installed
and just continue to update your own package list.

-- 
Jon Miller