"No package(s) available to install" when all errata scheduled to apply on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • no packages install after scheduling all applicable errata
  • rhn_check and event history on system profile says "Failed: Packages failed to install properly: No package(s) available to install" (code 32)

  • "yum update" hangs after successfully updating some packages, with "rpmdb: unable to lock mutex: Invalid argument" errors

Environment

  • Red Hat Network (RHN)
  • RHN Satellite
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64-bit) version 5.2 or earlier

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