On Red Hat Satellite 6 client installing a package returns 404 error despite the package being in metadata

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installing or upgrading a package to a client machine fails with HTTPS Error 404 - Not Found

  • Inspecting relevant repository on Satellite 6 server's /var/lib/pulp/published:

    • Metadata contains expected information about the package that is really intended to be present in the repo
    • The symlink to /var/lib/pulp/content is broken, even for a repository with Immediate download policy
    • The /var/lib/pulp/content contains the package of given filename.

  • Is there automated way of fixing symlinks so in case there are more such instances?

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.4 and above (until 6.9)
  • DOES NOT APPLY TO 6.10+

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