What is the cause of "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]] (code -1)" in the event logs of a system's profile in satellite?

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Issue

  • What is the cause of "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]] (code -1)" in the event logs of a system's profile in satellite?
  • My system's event log shows events failed with "Client execution returned "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]]" (code -1)"

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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