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

[Michael J. Carter]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:13, seth vidal wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > 
> > [root at hannah root]# yum groupinfo rhel3-isr-extras
> > Setting up Group Process
> > Setting up Repo:  rhel3-isr-extras
> > repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> >  
> > Group: rhel3-isr-extras
> >  Mandatory Packages:
> >    cfitsio
> >    gv
> >    firefox
> >    rh-postgresql-libs
> >    cfitsio-devel
> >    TIVsm
> >    xmms
> >    rh-postgresql-docs
> >    freeglut-devel
> >    mozilla-chat
> >    freeglut
> >    dkms
> >    xcdroast
> >    gnuplot
> >    abiword
> >    pine
> >    rh-postgresql-python
> >    rh-postgresql-devel
> >    gdal
> >    rh-postgresql-contrib
> >    mozilla-nss
> >    fribidi0
> >    opt
> >    libsigc++-devel
> >    mozilla-mail
> >    mozilla-js-debugger
> >    mozilla
> >    nasm-rdoff
> >    libsigc++
> >    nasm-doc
> >    xmms-vorbis
> >    vim-X11
> >    gqview
> >    mozilla-nspr
> >    planner
> >    ckermit
> >    rh-postgresql-tcl
> >    mc
> >    xmms-mikmod
> >    rh-postgresql-jdbc
> >    thunderbird
> >    gtkspell
> >    gsl
> >    cdda2wav
> >    xmms-esd
> >    rh-postgresql
> >    mx
> >    nasm
> 
> and all of those packages are NOT installed, right?
> 
> can you tell me what:
> 
> yum -d3 groupinstall thatgroup
> 
> outputs?

Wait a minute... There might be a bug in yumgroup.pl. My yumgroups.xml
isn't right.

mjc

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