Re: [Vserver] 'new' vyum(?) issue

From: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel_at_hozac.com>
Date: Tue 23 May 2006 - 20:22:35 BST
Message-ID: <447360FB.9010501@hozac.com>

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
>
>> Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I am getting the following when trying to use yum to install packages.
>>>
>>> # vyum test -- install yum
>>> Can not find file for 'RPMSTATEDIR'; aborting
>
>
> <snip />
>
>> Well, everything is working fine here, with
>> kernel-2.6.16-1.2123_FC5.vs2.0.2.0.rc21.1,
>> util-vserver-0.30.210-14.fc5 and yum-2.6.1-0.fc5. Did you try without
>> the patched yum?
>
>
> I think my first reply slipped off the list and went directly to Daniel.
>
> Currently I have replaced the patched yum with the latest 'standard' yum
> for FC5.
>
> I am still get the same error message. Looking in /usr/lib/util-vserver
> I find RPMSTATEDIR in two files; functions and pkgmgmt. Trying to chase
> them backwards I think the problem may be that I created /vservers as a
> link to /var/vservers because we decided recently to convert the system
> into a Linux-Vserver. ( Apache, mod_perl, Catalyst issues. )
>
> Since '/var' is on a different partition than '/' I had to softlink it.
> Could this be the problem?

It shouldn't be. How did you create the guest? Are you using internal
package management, without telling the utils?

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