[ovirt-users] Re: Upgrade 4.3 to 4.4 with Python3 : No module named "rpmUtils"

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 7:19 PM Yedidyah Bar David <didi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:49 PM Richard Chan <richard(a)treeboxsolutions.com&gt; wrote: >> >> Hello., >> >> Scenario: Upgrading from 4.3 to 4.4 > > > Please provide more details. How do you upgrade? > > Do you follow some document/procedure? Which? At which point are you in? > >> >> >> Situation: When running engine-setup on the new (standalone) engine host I hit >> >> 2021-10-28 18:30:47,998+0800 DEBUG otopi.context context._executeMethod:127 Stage boot METHOD otopi.plugins.otopi.packagers.yumpackager.Plugin._boot >> 2021-10-28 18:30:47,999+0800 DEBUG otopi.plugins.otopi.packagers.yumpackager yumpackager._boot:187 Cannot initialize miniyum > > > Please check/share the setup log. > > Generally speaking, otopi does not try to init yum, unless dnf failed to init. > > I guess going forward we should completely remove yum support. It was left over from the time where we supported both. This would not have solved your current problem, only output a different error message. > > Thanks and best regards, > -- > Didi I am trying this on a AlmaLinux 8 host; I see that otopi actually has hardcoded strings like "fedora" " centos" etc. I have set OTOPI_DNF_ENABLE=1 and so far have made it to the "Please confirm installation settings" phase. My bad - sorry for the noise. Just curious: will this affect installing hosts and general oVirt 4.4 operations like upgrades? So far so good... I will reach back if it hits other issues.