On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:02:03 -0500, Perry Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to do a cobbler import of a directory structure that only has > noarch packages in it. I'm using the import to create a minimal pxe boot > environment without needing to mirror all of the packages (we just use > external repos for the packages) > > However, when I try to do a cobbler import of a directory structure that > only contains noarch packages I get the following error: >> + cobbler import --name=Fedora-10 --arch=x86_64 > --path=/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-x86_64 >> sending incremental file list >> >> sent 392 bytes received 16 bytes 816.00 bytes/sec >> total size is 134808812 speedup is 330413.75 >> Given arch (x86_64) not found on imported tree > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-x86_64/Packages >> >> - rsync -a '/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-x86_64/' > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-x86_64 > --exclude-from=/etc/cobbler/rsync.exclude --progress >> ---------------- (adding distros) >> - found content (breed=redhat) at > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-x86_64/images/pxeboot > > I know in the past we were able to import a directory structure with only > noarch packages and still specify an arch (x86_64 or i386) and it didn't > fail like above. Is this a recent change or restriction? Should we just > add a single arch specific package to the directory structure to get > around this? > > Thanks, > > Perry
What version of cobbler are you running? I know there were a lot of changes to the import stuff for debian recently, including how it detected the arch from the tree automatically, it's possible if you're running a newer version that functionality may have been broken inadvertently. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
