# cobbler repo report
Name : epel
Arch : x86_64
Breed : yum
Comment :
Createrepo Flags : <<inherit>>
Environment Variables : {}
Keep Updated : True
Mirror locally : True
Owners : ['admin']
Priority : 99
RPM List : ['iperf']
Yum Options : {}
I then run a cobbler reposync with the following output
# cobbler reposync
task started: 2011-08-01_204400_reposync
task started (id=Reposync, time=Mon Aug 1 20:44:00 2011)
hello, reposync
run, reposync, run!
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel/.origin/epel.repo
running: /usr/bin/yumdownloader --resolve --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel -c /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel/.origin/epel.repo --destdir=/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel iperf
received: Repository epel is listed more than once in the configuration
--> Running transaction check
---> Package iperf.x86_64 0:2.0.5-1.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
/var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel/iperf-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm already exists and appears to be complete
received:
received:
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received:
running: createrepo -g repodata/78f41dcf522c086bd5c8e2639e115237b34ff242-comps-el5.xml -c cache -s sha /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel
received:
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
creating: /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel/config.repo
running: chown -R root:apache /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel
received:
running: chmod -R 755 /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel
received:
*** TASK COMPLETE ***
I then add the appropriate epel.repo file to the client:
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
A yum repolist shows:
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
I do a you clean all for good measure:
# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Cleaning up Everything
Now, when I do a yum install iperf, it does not find the package:
# yum install iperf
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
epel | 1.2 kB 00:00
epel/primary | 191 B 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-5 | 1.3 kB 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-5/primary | 4.1 MB 00:00
rhel-x86_64-server-5 11860/11860
rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5 | 1.1 kB 00:00
rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5/primary | 41 kB 00:00
rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5 481/481
Setting up Install Process
No package iperf available.
Nothing to do
On the cobbler box (actually rhn satellite with cobbler enabled), I have checked the files in /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/repodata/
# ls -las /var/www/cobbler/repo_mirror/epel/repodata/
total 1428
8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root apache 4096 Aug 1 20:47 .
8 drwxr-xr-x 5 root apache 4096 Aug 1 20:47 ..
616 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 620423 Aug 1 20:47 78f41dcf522c086bd5c8e2639e115237b34ff242-comps-el5.xml
176 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 171124 Aug 1 18:48 92bcfd7a2657432972db6205097f77d48b3dca49-comps-el5.xml.gz
176 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 171124 Jul 30 04:36 c1ac35d709f2c733e7d6f039a7469d9c3617e668-comps-el5.xml.gz
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 184 Aug 1 20:47 filelists.xml.gz
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 179 Aug 1 20:47 other.xml.gz
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 323 Aug 1 19:45 pkgtags.sqlite.gz
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 191 Aug 1 20:47 primary.xml.gz
8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 1185 Aug 1 20:47 repomd.xml
404 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root apache 403902 Aug 1 19:45 updateinfo.xml.gz
The following yields nothing:
# grep iperf *.xml
While checking against the *.xml.gz files reveals a reference in updates.xml.gz
# for each in $(ls *.gz); do echo $each; zcat $each | grep -c iperf; done
92bcfd7a2657432972db6205097f77d48b3dca49-comps-el5.xml.gz
0
c1ac35d709f2c733e7d6f039a7469d9c3617e668-comps-el5.xml.gz
0
filelists.xml.gz
0
other.xml.gz
0
pkgtags.sqlite.gz
0
primary.xml.gz
0
updateinfo.xml.gz
1
So, my question is, "Why won't the yum install iperf from the client actually work?"