On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 5:06 PM, jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 2017-01-02 08:47, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 6:42 AM, jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> On 2017-01-02 01:35, David Sommerseth wrote:
>>>> Anaconda is the installer. To be honest, I've never understood why >>>> anaconda needs to be installed on a final production server. The >>>> production boxes I have where firewalld is uninstalled also have no >>>> anaconda installed. And these boxes do get their proper updates >>>> through yum regardless. >>> >>> It's not involved with system maintenance past the initial >>> installation? I had the impression it was intimately involved with >>> the system's overall configuration including updates. But, I must >>> admit that it's not something I have dug into in any serious way. >>> Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep this option in mind. This is >>> good to know. >> >> I don't have anaconda installed on any RHEL or RHEL clone system - >> and never have. > > So I erased it with this fascinating transaction report excerpt: > > Running transaction > Erasing : initial-setup-gui-0.3.9.30-1.el7.x86_64 > 1/7 > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/gui/spokes/eula.pyo: remove > failed: No such file or directory > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/gui/spokes/eula.pyc: remove > failed: No such file or directory > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/gui/spokes/eula.py: remove > failed: No such file or directory > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/gui/spokes/eula.glade: remove > failed: No such file or directory > Erasing : anaconda-gui-21.48.22.56-1.sl7.1.x86_64 > 2/7 > Erasing : initial-setup-0.3.9.30-1.el7.x86_64 > 3/7 > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/tui/spokes/eula.pyo: remove > failed: No such file or directory > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/tui/spokes/eula.pyc: remove > failed: No such file or directory > warning: file > /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/tui/spokes/eula.py: remove > failed: No such file or directory > Erasing : anaconda-core-21.48.22.56-1.sl7.1.x86_64 > 4/7 > Erasing : anaconda-tui-21.48.22.56-1.sl7.1.x86_64 > 5/7 > Erasing : firewall-config-0.4.3.2-8.el7.noarch > 6/7 > Erasing : firewalld-0.4.3.2-8.el7.noarch > 7/7 > warning: /etc/firewalld/lockdown-whitelist.xml saved as > /etc/firewalld/lockdown-whitelist.xml.rpmsave > > That smells amusing and puzzling but not dangerous to me. So it's not fully or properly installed, :) and :( > Thanks for the information. You're welcome.