[Spacewalk-list] Parent/Child channels and software availability?

[Lachlan Musicman]

Ok, thank you.

That should be very clearly stated in the docs. Probably in a pull quote.

Cheers
L.

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On 4 April 2016 at 11:46, Avi Miller <avi.miller at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Spacewalk doesn't actually enable the parent channel during kickstart. It
> uses the kickstart distribution and whatever packages are available via the
> ISO. If you're using a stripped distribution (i.e. the just the boot
> images, no packages/repodata) then it doesn't work at all. You need to add
> the full base channel into the kickstart distribution for this to work.
>
> I've just been through this myself, as it happens.
>
> Cheers,
> Avi
>
> > On 4 Apr 2016, at 11:17 AM, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got a strange error that I think someone mentioned here recently
> but I can't see it in a google search just now.
> >
> >
> > I create a Parent channel, and associate it with a repository, then add
> child channels and associate them with their appropriate repositories.
> >
> > I create the Activation key, associate it with the Parent Channel,
> create the kickstart profile associated with the channel etc etc.
> >
> > When I boot, I get the error :
> >
> > You have requested that the package 'x' should be installed. This
> package does not exist. Would you like to ignore this package and continue
> with the installation?'
> >
> > (in this case x= hwloc-devel, but I think that's irrelevant' - if I
> answer yes, it just asks for every package)
> >
> > When I search the Parent Channel for the software in question, it is
> definitely in there. (see attachment)
> >
> > This is annoying and stops my installation.
> >
> > Interestingly, if I create a Child Channel, called centos_7_base, which
> is the base install (ie, exactly the same as the Parent - associated with
> the same repo!), then the installation works fine. For some reason, the ks
> profile can see the packages in the child channels but isn't seeing any in
> the parent channel.
> >
> > Am I wrongly envisioning what the Parent Channel is? Should the parent
> not have a repo/set of packages?
> >
> > How might I trouble shoot this - where are the logs, which commands are
> failing?
> >
> > If I disassociate the Parent Channel with any repos, will this cause any
> issues?
> >
> > Cheers
> > L.
> >
> >
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