satellite server 5.3 upgrade script update-5.3.0-packages, returns python traceback with no such file or directory

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Environment

  • Satellite Server 5.3
  • Upgrade
  • Customised symlinks to RPMs

Issue

When issuing the command update-5.3.0-packages sctipt is unable to set permissions due to missing file or directories:

# /usr/bin/update-5.3.0-packages --db=rhnsat/rhnsat@rhnsat --debug
Connecting to rhnsat/rhnsat@rhnsat
   ...
   os.chmod(root + '/' + name, 0644)
OSError:
[Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-i386-client-5/VT/Virtualization-as-IN-5.0.0-7.noarch.rpm'

Resolution

  1. To update the symlinks to point to the new location
  2. To rerun the update-5.3.0-packages script to find the packages in the new location

Root Cause

  • After the upgrade the packages are moved to the new path and the script update-5.3.0-packages is following customised symlinks to the old location is run, as the script is following

Diagnostic Steps

  • When issuing the command update-5.3.0-packages a python backtrace is returned with the following:
     # /usr/bin/update-5.3.0-packages --db=rhnsat/rhnsat@rhnsat --debug
     Connecting to rhnsat/rhnsat@rhnsat
        ________________________________________
     standby: ######################################## - Complete!
     Transaction Committed!
     Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/bin/update-5.3.0-packages", line 101, in ?
        sys.exit(abs(main() or 0))
      File "/usr/bin/update-5.3.0-packages", line 91, in main
        return update530Packages.main()
      File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/update530Packages.py", line 77, in main
        process_kickstart_trees()
      File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/update530Packages.py", line 232, in process_kickstart_trees
        os.chmod(root + '/' + name, 0644)
     OSError:
     [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
     '/var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-i386-client-5/VT/Virtualization-as-IN-5.0.0-7.noarch.rpm'

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