package install fail u'cronie'

[markrothbauer]

I'm running CentOS 7.3 and I'm getting a strange package install error.

yum list installed | grep salt-minion
salt-minion.noarch 2019.2.0-1.el7 @saltstack

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[ERROR ] Command '[u'systemd-run', u'--scope', u'yum', u'-y', u'install', u"u'cronie'"]' failed with return code: 1
[ERROR ] stdout: Running scope as unit run-14050.scope.
Loaded plugins: langpacks
No package u'cronie' available.
Error: Nothing to do
[ERROR ] retcode: 1
[ERROR ] Error occurred installing package(s). Additional info follows:

errors:
- Running scope as unit run-14050.scope.
Loaded plugins: langpacks
No package u'cronie' available.
Error: Nothing to do

[aboe76]

are you running with python2 ? I have seen this issue with 2019.2 with py2, can you try py3 salt-minion and see if that works?