On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 15:53 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Aldo Foot <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> # rpm -V python > >> package python is not installed > > > > You are saying that the affected system after fresh install appears to > > not have the python package installed? If that is true that will break > > far more than just firstboot..far more. In fact its pretty hard to > > imagine having a desktop Fedora system without python installed. > > > > That's bad enough...but its worse..what you are telling me is not > > self-consistent from an rpm based install process standpoint. Here's > > is a summary of what you are saying to me, just for clarity. > > > > /usr/bin/python exists > > /usr/bin/python2 exists > > but the python package itself is not installed. > > > > That is inconsistent information. > > To clarify: > /usr/bin/python does not exist > /usr/bin/python2 exists and is an empty link to a non-existent > /usr/bin/python binary. > > > rpm -qf /usr/bin/python will tell you which package(s) the rpm > > system thinks "own" the /usr/bin/python file in the rpm sense. > > I know this is odd. I cannot even run a yum command on this system. > Here's what I get: > > # ls -la /usr/bin/python > ls: cannot access /usr/bin/python: No such file or directory How about finding a python tarball and installing it. Just to get things started. -- ======================================================================= It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. -- Jerome K. Jerome ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines