oops, this stupid mistake was essentially making /etc/plc.d/packages inoperant
-rwxr-xr-x 5894 build.sh
drwxr-xr-x - db-config.d
drwxr-xr-x - nodeconfig
-rw-r--r-- 10037 nodeimage.spec
-rw-r--r-- 7967 noderepo.spec
drwxr-xr-x - plc.d
-rw-r--r-- 5007 slicerepo.spec