Upgrade to Satellite 5.5 fails with slf4j conflict error
Issue
Satellite 5.5 Upgrade fails:
* Starting the Red Hat Network Satellite installer.
* Performing pre-install checks.
* Pre-install checks complete. Beginning installation.
* RHN Registration.
** Registration: System is already registered with RHN. Not re-registering.
* Upgrade flag passed. Stopping necessary services.
* Purging conflicting packages.
* Checking for uninstalled prerequisites.
* Applying updates.
* Installing RHN packages.
Could not install RHN packages. Most likely your system is not configured with the @Base package group. See the RHN Satellite Server Installation Guide for more information about Software Requirements. Exit value: 1.
Please examine /var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log for more information.
/var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log shows:
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/java/slf4j/api.jar from install of slf4j-1.5.8-10_patch_01.2.ep5.el5.noarch conflicts with file from package spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-4.el5sat.noarch
file /usr/share/java/slf4j/jcl.jar from install of slf4j-1.5.8-10_patch_01.2.ep5.el5.noarch conflicts with file from package spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-4.el5sat.noarch
Environment
- Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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