Snapshot to rollback fails with dependency errors when a package was split in later versions

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Issue

When you schedule rollback from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, rhn_check fails with:

# rhn_check 
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin 
Package matching fipscheck-1.0.3-1.el5.x86_64 already installed. Checking for update. 
nss_ldap-253-17.el5.x86_64 from rhel-x86_64-server-5 has depsolving problems 
  --> Missing Dependency: libfipscheck.so.1()(64bit) is needed by 
package nss_ldap-253-17.el5.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-5) 
nss_ldap-253-17.el5.x86_64 from rhel-x86_64-server-5 has depsolving problems 
  --> Missing Dependency: libfipscheck.so.1()(64bit) is needed by 
package nss_ldap-253-17.el5.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-5) 

Environment

  • Red Hat Eenterprise Linux 5
  • RHN Satellite 5.2

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