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