yum throwing transaction check error while installing spacewalk-koan package on xen host server throgh RHN Satellite server.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installation of spacewalk-koan package through yum on xen host server from RHN Satellite server is throwing following transaction check error:

    # yum install spacewalk-koan 
    Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security 
    Setting up Install Process 
    Resolving Dependencies 
    --> Running transaction check 
    ---> Package spacewalk-koan.noarch 0:0.1.11-13.el5sat set to be updated 
    --> Processing Dependency: koan >= 1.4.3 for package: spacewalk-koan 
    --> Running transaction check 
    ---> Package koan.noarch 0:1.6.8-4.el5sat set to be updated 
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution 
    
    Dependencies Resolved 
    
    ============================================================================================================================================================= 
     Package                          Arch                     Version                              Repository                                              Size 
    ============================================================================================================================================================= 
    Installing: 
     spacewalk-koan                   noarch                   0.1.11-13.el5sat                     digit-rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5                    20 k 
    Installing for dependencies: 
     koan                             noarch                   1.6.8-4.el5sat                       digit-rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5                   169 k 
    
    Transaction Summary 
    ============================================================================================================================================================= 
    Install       2 Package(s) 
    Upgrade       0 Package(s) 
    
    Total size: 189 k 
    Is this ok [y/N]: y 
    Downloading Packages: 
    Running rpm_check_debug 
    Running Transaction Test 
    Finished Transaction Test 
    
    
    Transaction Check Error: 
      file /usr/share/rhn/actions/kickstart_guest.py from install of spacewalk-koan-0.1.11-13.el5sat.noarch conflicts with file from package rhn-kickstart-virtualization-5.3.0-2.el5sat.noarch 
      file /usr/share/rhn/actions/kickstart_guest.pyc from install of spacewalk-koan-0.1.11-13.el5sat.noarch conflicts with file from package rhn-kickstart-virtualization-5.3.0-2.el5sat.noarch 
      file /usr/share/rhn/actions/kickstart_guest.pyo from install of spacewalk-koan-0.1.11-13.el5sat.noarch conflicts with file from package rhn-kickstart-virtualization-5.3.0-2.el5sat.noarch 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 5
  • RHN Satellite Server 5 update 3

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