[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 3b1f76e 2/5: Update commands to install EPEL

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 3b1f76eb400d10cdda03824662faf3608d222e40
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net>

    Update commands to install EPEL
    
    Added a command to enable the "optional", "extras", and "HA"
    repositories, upon which EPEL may depend for RHEL-7; see:
      https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
    
    Removed a commented-out 'rpm' command in favor of 'yum'.
---
 lmi_setup_07r.sh | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lmi_setup_07r.sh b/lmi_setup_07r.sh
index aa8b547..bb704ae 100755
--- a/lmi_setup_07r.sh
+++ b/lmi_setup_07r.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ sed -e'/^[^#]/s/^/# SUPPRESSED # /' -i /etc/zlogout
 yum --assumeyes update  ca-certificates curl nss-pem wget
 yum --assumeyes install ca-certificates curl nss-pem wget
 
-# Install "EPEL" by using 'rpm' directly [historical]. See:
+# Install "EPEL", which is required to install 'debootstrap' and
+# 'schroot' later on RHEL--see:
 #   https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2019-09/msg00037.html
-#rpm -ivh 
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-# Instead, use 'yum' to install "EPEL". Both of the following lines
-# are required to install 'debootstrap' and 'schroot' later on RHEL:
 yum --assumeyes install 
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm || true
+# This command is recommended for RHEL-7, as EPEL packages may
+# depend on it:
+subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable 
"rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"
 yum --assumeyes install epel-release
 
 stamp=$(date -u +'%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ')