Comment # 8 on bug 1223167 from Stefan Hundhammer

AFAICS the code path taken here is the second fallback: The installation medium
did not contain multiple repos, and not even one single repo, so it had to
resort to checking the control file (control.xml) to check if that one would
contain any base product; but that failed as well.


https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/blob/SLE-15-SP5/src/lib/y2packager/product_spec_reader.rb#L41-L47

>>    if InstallationMedium.contain_multi_repos?
>>      products_from_multi_repos
>>    elsif InstallationMedium.contain_repo?
>>      products_from_libzypp
>>    else
>>      products_from_control
>>    end


https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/blob/SLE-15-SP5/src/lib/y2packager/product_spec_reader.rb#L53-L55

>>    def products_from_control
>>      control_products = Y2Packager::ProductSpecReaders::Control.new.products
>>      raise "The control file does not define any base product!" if control_products.empty?


So, what medium did you use? A minimalistic NET medium without any repos at
all? And that possibly in combination with your network setup having problems
with your static IP setup, as you mentioned?