Running yum check-update fails with "Update notice ... is broken, or a bad duplicate, skipping"

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Issue

  • Running yum check-update fails with "Update notice ... is broken, or a bad duplicate, skipping"

    $ yum check-update
    ...
    Update notice RHBA-2015:0335 (from <channelname>) is broken, or a bad duplicate, skipping.
    <lots more>
    ....
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1
  • Red Hat Satellite server 5.6

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