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[Scott Moser <smoser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

currently, ubuntu-orchestra-provisioning-server will install a cron job
in /etc/cron.d/orchestra-import-isos that runs weekly.

That runs /usr/sbin/orchestra-import-isos , which does has code like this:
      # Skip if cobbler already has this distro/arch combo
      if ! (cobbler distro list | grep -qs " $r-$a$"); then
         # Import the iso
         cobbler-ubuntu-import $r-$a
      fi

The stanza there makes sense to not waste bandwidth, but it is insufficient in 2 ways:
 1.) it will not update the development release (even from an iso imported during development to a released iso), which ensures that the user will have failed installs of development releases. (bug 850886)
 2.) if '1' is fixed, it would not do out-of-date checking and thus waste bandwidth.

I think the most reasonable way to fix this is to have cobbler-ubuntu-
import have a '--out-of-date-check' flag that would then check if an
update was needed against a timestamp or file.  Then orchestra could
just check if an update was needed and if so do it, otherwise  continue.

related bugs:
 bug 850886: cobbler-ubuntu-import results in possibly stale netboot kernels 
 bug 850880: cobbler-ubuntu-import does not pull from -updates
 bug 850892: orchestra-import-isos does not update

** Affects: orchestra (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Summary changed:

- orchestra-import-isos cron job wastes bandwidth
+ orchestra-import-isos does not update

** Description changed:

  currently, ubuntu-orchestra-provisioning-server will install a cron job
  in /etc/cron.d/orchestra-import-isos that runs weekly.
  
  That runs /usr/sbin/orchestra-import-isos , which does has code like this:
-       # Skip if cobbler already has this distro/arch combo
-       if ! (cobbler distro list | grep -qs " $r-$a$"); then
-          # Import the iso
-          cobbler-ubuntu-import $r-$a
-       fi
+       # Skip if cobbler already has this distro/arch combo
+       if ! (cobbler distro list | grep -qs " $r-$a$"); then
+          # Import the iso
+          cobbler-ubuntu-import $r-$a
+       fi
  
  The stanza there makes sense to not waste bandwidth, but it is insufficient in 2 ways:
-  1.) it will not update the development release (even from an iso imported during development to a released iso), which ensures that the user will have failed installs of development releases. (bug 850886)
-  2.) if '1' is fixed, it would not do out-of-date checking.
+  1.) it will not update the development release (even from an iso imported during development to a released iso), which ensures that the user will have failed installs of development releases. (bug 850886)
+  2.) if '1' is fixed, it would not do out-of-date checking and thus waste bandwidth.
  
  I think the most reasonable way to fix this is to have cobbler-ubuntu-
  import have a '--out-of-date-check' flag that would then check if an
  update was needed against a timestamp or file.  Then orchestra could
  just check if an update was needed and if so do it, otherwise  continue.
+ 
+ related bugs:
+  bug 850886: cobbler-ubuntu-import results in possibly stale netboot kernels 
+  bug 850880: cobbler-ubuntu-import does not pull from -updates
+  bug 850892: orchestra-import-isos does not update

** Changed in: orchestra (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: orchestra (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850892

Title:
  orchestra-import-isos does not update

Status in “orchestra” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  currently, ubuntu-orchestra-provisioning-server will install a cron
  job in /etc/cron.d/orchestra-import-isos that runs weekly.

  That runs /usr/sbin/orchestra-import-isos , which does has code like this:
        # Skip if cobbler already has this distro/arch combo
        if ! (cobbler distro list | grep -qs " $r-$a$"); then
           # Import the iso
           cobbler-ubuntu-import $r-$a
        fi

  The stanza there makes sense to not waste bandwidth, but it is insufficient in 2 ways:
   1.) it will not update the development release (even from an iso imported during development to a released iso), which ensures that the user will have failed installs of development releases. (bug 850886)
   2.) if '1' is fixed, it would not do out-of-date checking and thus waste bandwidth.

  I think the most reasonable way to fix this is to have cobbler-ubuntu-
  import have a '--out-of-date-check' flag that would then check if an
  update was needed against a timestamp or file.  Then orchestra could
  just check if an update was needed and if so do it, otherwise
  continue.

  related bugs:
   bug 850886: cobbler-ubuntu-import results in possibly stale netboot kernels 
   bug 850880: cobbler-ubuntu-import does not pull from -updates
   bug 850892: orchestra-import-isos does not update

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