Rocky 8 wwmkchroot fails to install extras, which is required for epel

[bernstei]

The install guide for Rocky 8 warewulf/slurm appears to say that dnf -y --installroot $CHROOT install epel-release should just work. However, wwmkchroot does not set up the Rocky 8 extras repo, which is required for getting epel-release. I'm not sure what the cleanest solution is - presumably changing the list of repos in the definition of YUM_MIRROR in /usr/libexec/warewulf/wwmkchroot/rocky-8.tmpl

[wwworkk]

I just ran into the same issue, solved it myself by modifying " /usr/libexec/warewulf/wwmkchroot/rocky-8.tmpl" add ,"${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/extras/$basearch/os" to the end of YUM_MIRROR="${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/BaseOS/\$basearch/os","${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/AppStream/\$basearch/os","${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/PowerTools/\$basearch/os"

result: YUM_MIRROR="${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/BaseOS/\$basearch/os","${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/AppStream/\$basearch/os","${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/PowerTools/\$basearch/os","${YUM_MIRROR_BASE}/8/extras/\$basearch/os"

and start with building the initial chroot image.

Have only just tested this myself, do not feel comfortable to create a pull request for this.

[adrianreber]

I am closing this for now. The extras repository seems to be enabled by default in Rocky 8 when I just looked.

The documentation also mentions the extras repository that it needs to be enabled.