Can't add rpm package to bundle with mixin

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Following - https://clearlinux.org/documentation/clear-linux/guides/maintenance/mixin to create bundle, it shows “ERROR: no such package” when running command - “sudo mixin package add xxx --bundle xxx-bundle”. There are 3 rpm packages under the current folder and only one rpm package fails with this error message.

So who can help on this? Thanks!

Attached the OS info:
$ swupd info
Installed version: 29250

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@ahkok, @puneetse, @pmccarty, @btwarden can you help?

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Double check that the RPMs are in the local repo folder you created in step #3. Running mixin repo list should show that folder marked as local.

If the package name has any odd characters, try quotes or escaping.

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Note, mixin is considered obsolete.

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The are only [a-z-] characters int this package name.

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In the older version OS like 28500, it works. After updating to 29200, it fails.
If mixin is obsolete, what should I use?
Thanks!

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When installing software on one machine, just install with make install into /usr/local. If you need to install and manage software for many machines, use mixer.

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I just make a test to install the software to /usr/share/sgxsdk. For another rpm package(install to /usr/share/sgxpsw) it works, but for this one it doesn’t work. I think it is strange.

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I got burnt by this a while back too, only to be told it was deprecated. Can I suggest a notice on the documentation (or removal of it?)

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So do you have the same issue before and it is not resolved?

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I had a similar issue, but didn’t continue troubleshooting once I learnt it was obsolete.

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Got it.
Thanks for your quick reply.

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Out of interest, what were you trying to mix? Is it for one system or many?

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I’ve added Mixin feature may be being deprecated? · Issue #478 · clearlinux/clear-linux-documentation · GitHub to ensure that we update our documentation regarding mixin.

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Just for one system testing.

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If using mixer - mixer — Documentation for Clear Linux* project, I have a question. Right now there is a rpm package named A. So how to connect A with A-bundle just like mixin did - sudo mixin package add A --bundle A-bundle

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You need to create your own bundles using mixer. Check the relevant sections of the mixer documentation - mixer bundle create and mixer bundle add is what you’re looking for.

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Thanks! But I didn’t find any section that describes “mixer bundle create”. Could you please help to attach the URL here.

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From this section:

https://clearlinux.org/documentation/clear-linux/guides/maintenance/mixer#id12

You can see the relevant sections of the mixer manual is linked. Specifically, the bundle man page explains how to use the various bundle edit and create commands:

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I followed this page to generate the image and start kvm with this image. And also I can use “swupd bundle-add” to add this bundle. However, after “bundle-add” I didn’t see the files installed.
So I have the question above -
“Right now there is a rpm package named A. So how to connect A with A-bundle just like mixin did - sudo mixin package add A --bundle A-bundle”