common-utils: `-q list jq` is an invalid command query for `microdnf`

[Elliot-Ford]

The install command microdnf does not use -q list to query installed packages. The command used is repoquery. This is a problem in the common-utils/main.sh:install_redhat_packages() function as all the conditionals checking if a package is not installed will evaluate to true and attempt to install the package.

An example from the function:

       # Install EPEL repository if needed (required to install 'jq' for CentOS)
        if ! ${install_cmd} -q list jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            ${install_cmd} -y install epel-release
            remove_epel="true"
        fi

This particular example causes a problem for me as my base container doesn't have the epel-release package defined, but does have jq installed.

[sireeshajonnalagadda]

Hi @Elliot-Ford,

Thank you for reporting the issue!

Could you kindly provide the image you are using, and also sample reproducible example, where you’ve configured the common-utils feature? This will help us diagnose the issue more effectively.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Sireesha

[Elliot-Ford]

Hi Sireesha,

Thank you for your response. I'm currently using a custom base image, building on top of Red Hat's RHEL 9.0 minimal UBI image: https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ubi9/ubi-minimal.