[Yum] 'yum groupinstall <foo>' does not install packages

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 12:46 -0700, Michael J. Carter wrote:
> I've created a local group using yumgroups.pl that the yum client sees:
> 
> [root at hannah root]# yum grouplist
> Setting up Group Process
> Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB   
> 00:00
> Available Groups:
>    rhel3-isr-extras
> Done
> 
> This group has some packages that aren't currently installed:
> 
> [root at hannah root]# yum list
> [root at hannah root]# yum list
> Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> rhel3-isr-: ################################################## 52/52
> Installed Packages
> 4Suite.i386                              0.11.1-14              installed
> <snip>
> .
> .
> .
> </snip>
> zsh.i386                                 4.0.7-1                installed
> Available Packages
> RealPlayer.i586                          10.0.1.436-20040924    rhel3-isr-extras
> TIVguid.i386                             1.1.0-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> TIVsm-API.i386                           5.1.5-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> TIVsm-BA.i386                            5.1.5-0                rhel3-isr-extras
> 
> But the uninstalled packages won't install as a group:
> 
> [root at hannah root]# yum groupinstall rhel3-isr-extras
> Setting up Group Process
> Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> rhel3-isr-: ################################################## 52/52
> No packages in any requested group available to install
> 
> Any idea what might be wrong?
> 

Run:
yum groupinfo rhel3-isr-extras

and tell me what it outputs.

I bet this is a question of default vs mandatory vs optional packages.

-sv