On Thu, 28 May 2009 23:24:48 +0530, sai kiran kanuri <saikiranrgda(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install cobbler on a RHEL 4 system. I have installed > cobbler-1.6.2-1.el4 from epel repository. > > However when i try running cobbler check, i get the following error. > > #0: yum-utils need to be at least version 1.1.17 for reposync -l, > current version is 0.5 > > I have been searching on internet and not able to find matching > python/yum versions for RHEL 4. Has anyone faced similiar problems > before me? > > Is this due to the following default setting in /etc/cobbler/settings? > > # additional flags to yum commands > yumreposync_flags: "-l" > > I tried checking on the reposync manpage, but don't seem to find the > option. what does it do? can i disable it to move ahead or just ignore > this dependency. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Thanks, > Kiran > Cobbler check provides suggestions, and they're not always applicable to every distribution it runs on. You can disregard this for RHEL4.

sai kiran kanuri wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install cobbler on a RHEL 4 system. I have installed > cobbler-1.6.2-1.el4 from epel repository. > > However when i try running cobbler check, i get the following error. > > #0: yum-utils need to be at least version 1.1.17 for reposync -l, > current version is 0.5 > > I have been searching on internet and not able to find matching > python/yum versions for RHEL 4. Has anyone faced similiar problems > before me? > > Is this due to the following default setting in /etc/cobbler/settings? > > # additional flags to yum commands > yumreposync_flags: "-l" > > I tried checking on the reposync manpage, but don't seem to find the > option. what does it do? can i disable it to move ahead or just ignore > this dependency. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Thanks, > Kiran > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler Hi, I was just noticing your email address.... Can I infer from this that Cobbler is being used at Yahoo? If so, I'd love to learn more about where/how and about what kind of systems management you do (and what features you need/use) in your environment. Thanks! --Michael