Sorry, correction. I think the place I really needed to change the Python was here: /usr/share/createrepo/modifyrepo.py
The other change under pulp_rpm/yum_plugin may not be necessary if you remember to set the checksum-type to sha or sha1. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Christina Plummer <cplum...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tim, > > The way I fixed the checksum for my installation of 2.1.3 was to manually > edit the python file - on my system: > /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pulp_rpm/yum_plugin/metadata.py > > I changed all the instances of "sha256" to "sha". This just forces all > repos to use SHA for all checksums - otherwise I was getting a mix of SHA > and SHA-256. I think part of the issue was actually with the modifyrepo > command being used, which doesn't seem to have an option for specifying the > checksum type. > Christina > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Baird, Josh <jba...@follett.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This was fixed in 2.3.0 [1]. We are successfully syncing RHEL5 >> repositories with 2.3+. >> >> [1] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029057 >> >> Thanks, >> >> Josh >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pulp-list-boun...@redhat.com [mailto:pulp-list-boun...@redhat.com] >> On Behalf Of Tim Bielawa >> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 1:18 PM >> To: pulp-list@redhat.com >> Subject: [Pulp-list] Creating RHEL 5 compatible yum repositories >> >> Prelude: This is in response to BZ1042208 [0], "rpm metadata ignores >> --checksum-type from repository" >> >> Has anyone else experienced issues/victories using pulp 2.1+ to create >> YUM repositories which are compatible with RHEL 5? >> >> Specifically, I am referring to pulp setting/not setting the checksum >> type of a newly created repository correctly? >> >> I have a large number of RHEL 5 boxen to maintain and when we migrated to >> Pulp 2.1 from 1.x we began seeing an issue where: >> >> > pulp-admin ... rpm repo create --checksum-type sha ... >> >> does not honor the '--checksum-type' option [1], and instead creates all >> new repositories of type SHA256. This causes a backwards compatibility >> issue with our RHEL 5 boxes who only support the SHA checksum type. >> >> I am aware of the python-hashlib package, and have verified that >> installing it successfully allows RHEL 5 boxen to consume repositories of >> the SHA256 checksum type. However, IMHO this is a non-obvious work around, >> and not a change I (or other system administrators) can potentially make >> across my entire RHEL 5 infrastructure without a lot of coordination and >> approvals. >> >> Thanks for any advice! >> >> >> [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1042208 >> [1] https://github.com/juicer/juicer/issues/202 >> >> -- >> Tim Bielawa, Senior Release Engineer/Scribe, Inception Why Should I Care >> What Color the Bikeshed Is? >> http://bikeshed.com/ >> 919.332.6411 Cell | IRC: tbielawa (#inception) >> 1BA0 4FAB 4C13 FBA0 A036 4958 AD05 E75E 0333 AE37 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pulp-list mailing list >> Pulp-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-list >> > >
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