reproducible rpms: don't try to use yum inside mock, it doesnt work, for whatever reason

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bin/reproducible_build_rpm.sh b/bin/reproducible_build_rpm.sh
index 6b12d298..dd76a39d 100755
--- a/bin/reproducible_build_rpm.sh
+++ b/bin/reproducible_build_rpm.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ update_mock() {
 		echo "$(date -u ) - updating mock for $RELEASE ($ARCH) on $HOSTNAME now..."
 		mock -r $RELEASE-$ARCH --resultdir=. --cleanup-after -v --update 2>&1
 		echo "$(date -u ) - mock updated."
-		yum -v check-update
-		echo "$(date -u ) - yum updated."
+		# set the end of reproducible_setup_mock to learn why this is commented out 
+		#yum -v check-update
+		#echo "$(date -u ) - yum updated."
 		touch $STAMP
 	else
 		echo "$(date -u ) - mock and yum not updated, last update was at $(TZ=UTC ls --full-time $STAMP | cut -d ' ' -f6-7 | cut -d '.' -f1) UTC."
diff --git a/bin/reproducible_setup_mock.sh b/bin/reproducible_setup_mock.sh
index 6c554b18..42efc66f 100755
--- a/bin/reproducible_setup_mock.sh
+++ b/bin/reproducible_setup_mock.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ echo "$(date -u) - mock --install rpm-build"
 mock -r $RELEASE-$ARCH --resultdir=. -v --install rpm-build yum
 echo "$(date -u) - mock --update"
 mock -r $RELEASE-$ARCH --resultdir=. -v --update
-echo "$(date -u) - yum makecache"
-mock -r $RELEASE-$ARCH --resultdir=. -v --chroot yum makecache
+# AIUI, this should work but fails with "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'chrootstate' referenced before assignment"
+# as can be seen in https://jenkins.debian.net/view/reproducible/job/reproducible_setup_mock_fedora-23_x86_64_profitbricks3/13/console
+#echo "$(date -u) - yum makecache"
+#mock -r $RELEASE-$ARCH --resultdir=. -v --chroot yum makecache