Why do yum commands error with "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]]" (code -1)" ?
Issue
- can't update system with yum
- "yum repolist" shows no channels
- "yum update" results in
No Packages marked for Update
- scheduled errata updates fail with error:
Client execution returned "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]]" (code -1)"
- /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf contains
[main]
enabled = 0
gpgcheck = 1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or later
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