rhn_check fails with "An error has occurred: <type 'exceptions.OverflowError'>"

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Issue

  • rhn_check on a client registered with Red Hat Network Satellite Server is failing with following traceback:
# rhn_check
An error has occurred:
<type 'exceptions.OverflowError'>
See /var/log/up2date for more information
  • The rhn_check -vvv command gives error as below:
# rhn_check -vvv
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm cdb:mpool:joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: loading keyring from pubkeys in /var/lib/rpm/pubkeys/*.key
D: couldn't find any keys in /var/lib/rpm/pubkeys/*.key
D: loading keyring from rpmdb
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name rdonly mode=0x0
D: added key gpg-pubkey-0608b895-4bd22942 to keyring
D: added key gpg-pubkey-fd431d51-4ae0493b to keyring
D: added key gpg-pubkey-2fa658e0-45700c69 to keyring
D: Using legacy gpg-pubkey(s) from rpmdb
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename rdonly mode=0x0
An error has occurred:
<type 'exceptions.OverflowError'>
See /var/log/up2date for more information
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

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