Missing package python3-M2Crypto on bootstrap repo for SLE15 SP0

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Environment

SUSE Manager 4.1

Situation

When creating boostrap repository for SLE 15 SP0 with command "mgr-create-bootstrap-repo" and selecting SLE-15-<architecture> the result is:

ERROR: package 'python3-M2Crypto' not found

Resolution

To fix this, you need to customize the mgr_bootstrap_data.py file.
In folder "/usr/share/susemanager/" copy original file to new one:

cp mgr_bootstrap_data.py mgr_bootstrap_data_custom.py

then add following line to your "/etc/rhn/rhn.conf" file:

server.susemanager.bootstrap_repo_datamodule = mgr_bootstrap_data_custom.py

and edit created "mgr_bootstrap_data_custom.py" file in folder "/usr/share/susemanager/" as following:

# SLE15 SP0 NON LTSS BOOTSTRAP FIX:
# - Copy "PKGLIST15_SALT" to "PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX"
# - Remove lines in "PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX": "python3-M2Crypto" , "python3-distro"
# - Edit "DATA" section for various architectures:

PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX = [
"libpgm-5_2-0",
"libsodium23",
"libzmq5",
"python3-Babel",
"python3-certifi",
"python3-chardet",
"python3-idna",
"python3-Jinja2",
"python3-MarkupSafe",
"python3-msgpack",
"python3-psutil",
"python3-py",
"python3-pytz",
"python3-PyYAML",
"python3-pyzmq",
"python3-requests",
"python3-rpm",
"python3-simplejson",
"python3-six",
"python3-urllib3",
"timezone",
"salt",
"python3-salt",
"salt-minion",
]

---

'SLE-15-aarch64' : {
'PDID' : [1589, 2053, 1709], 'BETAPDID' : [1925], 'PKGLIST' : PKGLIST15_TRAD + ONLYSLE15 + PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX + PKGLIST15SP0SP1_SALT + PKGLIST15_X86_ARM,
'DEST' : '/srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/15/0/bootstrap/'
},
'SLE-15-ppc64le' : {
'PDID' : [1588, 2054, 1710], 'BETAPDID' : [1926], 'PKGLIST' : PKGLIST15_TRAD + ONLYSLE15 + PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX + PKGLIST15SP0SP1_SALT + PKGLIST15_PPC,
'DEST' : '/srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/15/0/bootstrap/'
},
'SLE-15-s390x' : {
'PDID' : [1587, 2055, 1711], 'BETAPDID' : [1927], 'PKGLIST' : PKGLIST15_TRAD + ONLYSLE15 + PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX + PKGLIST15SP0SP1_SALT + PKGLIST15_Z,
'DEST' : '/srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/15/0/bootstrap/'
},
'SLE-15-x86_64' : {
'PDID' : [1576, 2056, 1712], 'BETAPDID' : [1928], 'PKGLIST' : PKGLIST15_TRAD + ONLYSLE15 + PKGLIST15_SALT_FIX + PKGLIST15SP0SP1_SALT + PKGLIST15_X86_ARM,
'DEST' : '/srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/15/0/bootstrap/'
},

Once this is done, run again bootstrap script (e.g. for x86_64 architecture):

# mgr-create-bootstrap-repo -d -f -c SLE-15-x86_64

Cause

With LTSS subscription newer Salt version was introduced which require python-M2Crypto package.

Status

Reported to Engineering

Additional Information

SUSE provides common package list for all SLE15 products.
If python3-M2Crypto package is removed from list in the edited file "mgr_bootstrap_data_custom.py", the error will disappear for SLE15 GA without LTSS, but SP1 and SP2 will not generate a correct bootstrap repository anymore.

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