Re: [Xen-API] Xenserver 6.2 yum repository error

[James Bulpin <James.Bulpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aymon,

 

(Please keep the discussion on the list for the benefit of others.)

 

> I understand that fort the updates but what if I want to install something. I wanted to install mailx just to send me some alerts . I may also need to install other stuff.

 

XenServer isn’t intended to be a general purpose Linux platform so installing miscellaneous packages isn’t supported by Citrix (you can of course do it if you want but you’re on your own).

 

> If citrix do not want that  we use yum  they should either remove it or remove the repositories.Putting unreacheable repositories is a poor solution

 

We find that it’s useful to leave yum there so that devs and power users can enable it if required. The 404 repo isn’t ideal but as it’s not causing any problems to normal users it’s not on anyone’s radar to address.

 

>BTW my 2 cents question : why Citrix do not use yum for updates ??

 

XenServer was originally developed for the “Windows IT Pro” market – these guys typically don’t use yum.  Obviously with the widen usage of XenServer in cloud/Linux shops this is something that is us for re-evaluation.

 

Regards,

James

 

From: Aymon Terrizzano [mailto:aymon.terrizzano@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 July 2013 14:19
To: James Bulpin
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Xenserver 6.2 yum repository error

 

Hi James

I understand that fort the updates but what if I want to install something. I wanted to install mailx just to send me some alerts . I may also need to install other stuff.

If citrix do not want that  we use yum  they should either remove it or remove the repositories.Putting unreacheable repositories is a poor solution

thx

BTW my 2 cents question : why Citrix do not use yum for updates ??

cheers

 

 

2013/7/2 James Bulpin <James.Bulpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Aymon,

 

Citrix does not currently utilize yum for XenServer updates therefore the yum configuration state is “undefined” – XenServer hotfixes (*.xsupdate) deployed via the CLI or XenCenter is the official update mechanism.

 

Regards,

James

 

From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aymon Terrizzano
Sent: 01 July 2013 00:36
To: xen-api
Subject: [Xen-API] Xenserver 6.2 yum repository error

 

Hi all
Trying yum update or yum install give an error. The citrix repository url is not valid (error 404) !!!
I dont want to discuss on this poor citrix bug but just get the correct repository URL.
A one line answer would suffice....
Thx
Aymon

 

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Aymon

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