RE: Kickstart hangs on at the end of postinstall

[email protected] Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:28:24 +0100
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Jacquet

>From the limited info supplied - sounds like an rpm install is 
failing/hanging when being executed during kickstart process 
You have tried running this outside of kickstart and are you satisfied 
that in isolation this rpm install works

These are some questions that i might ask myself in your situation ... 
hope it helps

Have you tried using yum instead of rpm
http://www.databook.bz/?page_id=3D201

Have other kickstart rpm installs worked or is this the one and only rpm =
/ 
rpm failure

Have you confirmed that the repo is accessible on first boot - Could you 
have it local install by downloading it prior to build

Is it being run at the correct point ie is this running before its 
prerequisites are up and running

Does this rpm require both x86 and x64 versions to be installed together

Does this rpm require addition rpms - see yum

Does this rpm require addition rpms that need to be downgraded before it 
can be installed

Have you got any more logging - can you execute via a script with logging


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From:   Jacquet Romain <[email protected]>
To:     Discussion list about Kickstart <[email protected]>
Date:   30/09/16 13:47
Subject:        RE: Kickstart hangs on at the end of postinstall
Sent by:        <[email protected]>



Hi Andrew,
    Thank you very much for answer. Yes, I?m logging the post-install wit=
h 
?%post --logfile /var/log/ks-post.log?. When the installer is stuck I can=
 
see the ouput in /mnt/sysimage/var/log/ks-post.log. The extract looks 
like:
    [?] // very long stuff
     rpm ?Uv my-daemon-ftp.rpm // faulty RPM
     [?] // very long stuff again
    End of postinstallation // echo at the end the installation 
 
  So the daemon installation does not stop the post-installation. Another=
 
workaround is to stop the daemon just after the update in the kickstart 
file. So it is like anaconda cannot restart with the daemon running. Do 
you have another idea? Is it possible to have a more detailed log of 
anaconda?
 
  Best regards.
 
 
 
De : Andrew Simpson [mailto:[email protected]] 
Envoy=E9 : jeudi 29 septembre 2016 15:27
=C0 : Discussion list about Kickstart
Objet : Re: Kickstart hangs on at the end of postinstall
 
are you logging the post section that you're installing it in?  Assuming 
you're seeing the logs/output and this is the last message, it's probably=
 
not hanging on that RPM.  It's probably hanging on the next command in th=
e 
post section, which hasn't been printed out yet.  comment out the RPM 
install  portion and see what's hanging.  If it is indeed hanging on the 
rpm, then there's probably an issue with one of the scriptlets in the rpm=
 
spec file.  The were likely be a log of that somewhere under /tmp or 
/var/log/anaconda/

Andrew Simpson
 
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:03 AM, Jacquet Romain <
[email protected]> wrote:
Hello everybody,
    I?m struggling to find a bug caused by a RPM update in the postinstal=
l 
section. The line looks like: ?rpm ?Uvh my-daemon-package? and update a 
daemon. I?m using a CentOS 6.6 and its anaconda 13.21.229.
With this line in the kickstart, anaconda never ends. The only way to sto=
p 
anaconda is to use the shell in the virtual terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F2) and 
kill the daemon. It is like anaconda is waiting for something to be 
released. Do you know what could prevent anaconda from rebooting?
 
   Best regards.
 
 
-- Romain JACQUET --
IT Infrastructure manager
Phone : 05 34 35 21 46
Telespazio France
26 Avenue JF Champollion 
B.P.52309
31023 TOULOUSE Cedex 1 ? France
 


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<font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">Jacquet</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">From the limited info supplied - s=
ounds
like an rpm install is failing/hanging when being executed during kicksta=
rt
process </font>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">You have tried running this outsid=
e
of kickstart and are you satisfied that in isolation this rpm install wor=
ks</font>
<br>
<ul>
<li><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">These are some questions that i mi=
ght
ask myself in your situation ... hope it helps</font></ul>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Have you tried using yum instead o=
f
rpm</font>
<br><a href=3D"http://www.databook.bz/?page_id=3D201"><font size=3D2 face=
=3D"sans-serif">http://www.databook.bz/?page_id=3D201</font></a>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Have other kickstart rpm installs wor=
ked
or is this the one and only rpm / rpm failure</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Have you confirmed that the repo is a=
ccessible
on first boot - Could you have it local install by downloading it prior
to build</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Is it being run at the correct point =
ie
is this running before its prerequisites are up and running</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Does this rpm require both x86 and x6=
4
versions to be installed together</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Does this rpm require addition rpms -=
 see
yum</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Does this rpm require addition rpms t=
hat
need to be downgraded before it can be installed</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Have you got any more logging - can y=
ou
execute via a script with logging</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana">Regards,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D4 color=3Dblue face=3D"Verdana">Andrew Pitcairn-Hill</fo=
nt><font size=3D2 color=3D#008000 face=3D"Verdana">
&nbsp; </font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Verdana"><b><br>
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<br><font size=3D1 color=3D#5f5f5f face=3D"sans-serif">From: &nbsp; &nbsp=
; &nbsp;
&nbsp;</font><font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">Jacquet Romain &lt;romain=
[email protected]&gt;</font>
<br><font size=3D1 color=3D#5f5f5f face=3D"sans-serif">To: &nbsp; &nbsp; =
&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font><font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">Discussion list about
Kickstart &lt;[email protected]&gt;</font>
<br><font size=3D1 color=3D#5f5f5f face=3D"sans-serif">Date: &nbsp; &nbsp=
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&nbsp;</font><font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">30/09/16 13:47</font>
<br><font size=3D1 color=3D#5f5f5f face=3D"sans-serif">Subject: &nbsp; &n=
bsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">RE: Kickstart
hangs on at the end of postinstall</font>
<br><font size=3D1 color=3D#5f5f5f face=3D"sans-serif">Sent by: &nbsp; &n=
bsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font size=3D1 face=3D"sans-serif">&lt;kickstart-list=
[email protected]&gt;</font>
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<br>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">Hi Andrew,</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp; Thank y=
ou very
much for answer. Yes, I&#8217;m logging the post-install with &#8220;%pos=
t --logfile
/var/log/ks-post.log&#8221;. When the installer is stuck I can see the ou=
put
in /mnt/sysimage/var/log/ks-post.log. The extract looks like:</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp; [&#8230=
;] // very
long stuff</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;r=
pm &#8211;Uv
my-daemon-ftp.rpm // faulty RPM</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;[=
&#8230;]
// very long stuff again</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp; End of =
postinstallation
// echo at the end the installation</font><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times Ne=
w Roman">
</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; So the daemon =
installation
does not stop the post-installation. Another workaround is to stop the
daemon just after the update in the kickstart file. So it is like anacond=
a
cannot restart with the daemon running. Do you have another idea? Is it
possible to have a more detailed log of anaconda?</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp; Best regards.<=
/font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D2 color=3D#004080 face=3D"Calibri">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Tahoma"><b>De :</b> Andrew Simpson [</font><a =
href=3Dmailto:[email protected]><font size=3D2 face=3D"Tahoma">mailto=
:[email protected]</font></a><font size=3D2 face=3D"Tahoma">]
<b><br>
Envoy=E9 :</b> jeudi 29 septembre 2016 15:27<b><br>
=C0 :</b> Discussion list about Kickstart<b><br>
Objet :</b> Re: Kickstart hangs on at the end of postinstall</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">are you logging the post sect=
ion
that you're installing it in? &nbsp;Assuming you're seeing the logs/outpu=
t
and this is the last message, it's probably not hanging on that RPM. &nbs=
p;It's
probably hanging on the next command in the post section, which hasn't
been printed out yet. &nbsp;comment out the RPM install &nbsp;portion and
see what's hanging. &nbsp;If it is indeed hanging on the rpm, then there'=
s
probably an issue with one of the scriptlets in the rpm spec file. &nbsp;=
The
were likely be a log of that somewhere under /tmp or /var/log/anaconda/</=
font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">Andrew Simpson</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:03 =
AM,
Jacquet Romain &lt;</font><a href=3Dmailto:[email protected] =
target=3D_blank><font size=3D3 color=3Dblue face=3D"Times New Roman"><u>r=
[email protected]</u></font></a><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times N=
ew Roman">&gt;
wrote:</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">Hello everybody,</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m strug=
gling to
find a bug caused by a RPM update in the postinstall section. The line
looks like: &#8220;rpm &#8211;Uvh my-daemon-package&#8221; and update a d=
aemon. I&#8217;m using
a CentOS 6.6 and its anaconda 13.21.229.</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">With this line in the kicksta=
rt,
anaconda never ends. The only way to stop anaconda is to use the shell
in the virtual terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F2) and kill the daemon. It is like ana=
conda
is waiting for something to be released. Do you know what could prevent
anaconda from rebooting?</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp; &nbsp;Best regards.</f=
ont>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">-- Romain JACQUET --</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">IT Infrastructure manager</fo=
nt>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">Phone : 05 34 35 21 46</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">Telespazio France</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">26 Avenue JF Champollion </fo=
nt>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">B.P.52309</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">31023 TOULOUSE Cedex 1 &#8211=
; France</font>
<br><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font>
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