SCL package installation returns an error

[mspaulding06]

Tried to install python using scl and it failed since the package names are wrong. It looks like the python version that is set (python27) is just being inserted into the package name which is breaking things. If I try using just the version (27) instead of python27 then installing the epel repository fails.

Here is my configuration in puppet:

  class { '::python':
      version    => 'python27',
      provider   => 'rhscl',
      pip        => present,
      dev        => present,
      virtualenv => present,
    }

The error I received:

Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel-source]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel-testing]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel-debuginfo]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel-testing-source]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Yum/Yumrepo[epel-testing-debuginfo]/ensure: removed
Notice: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Package[rhscl-python27-epel-6-x86_64]/ensure: created
Error: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y list pythonpython27' returned 1: Error: No matching Packages to list
Error: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Package[python]/ensure: change from purged to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y list pythonpython27' returned 1: Error: No matching Packages to list
Notice: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Package[virtualenv]: Dependency Package[python] has failures: true
Warning: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Package[virtualenv]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Error: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y list pythonpython27-scldevel' returned 1: Error: No matching Packages to list
Error: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Package[pythonpython27-scldevel]/ensure: change from purged to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y list pythonpython27-scldevel' returned 1: Error: No matching Packages to list
Notice: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Exec[python-scl-pip-install]: Dependency Package[python] has failures: true
Notice: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Exec[python-scl-pip-install]: Dependency Package[pythonpython27-scldevel] has failures: true
Warning: /Stage[main]/Python::Install/Exec[python-scl-pip-install]: Skipping because of failed dependencies
Info: Class[Python::Install]: Unscheduling all events on Class[Python::Install]

[epleterte]

I encountered the same error. I have made a fix here: https://github.com/epleterte/puppet-python/tree/explicit_default_version
If this is an acceptable change/fix, I'll make a PR :)

On a side note: I am running RHEL, but using 'scl' rather than 'rhscl' as provider seeing as my systems are already set up with SCL channels (via Spacewalk).

[epleterte]

Hmm - this works for me, so I'll just do the PR. It can be rejected if there is a more appropriate way :)