Issue

• List of "htb" channels available on the Satellite, all displaying "0" packages :

# satellite-sync --list-channels | grep htb
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-6-htb                      0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-6-htb-debuginfo            0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-ha-6-htb                   0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-ha-6-htb-debuginfo         0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-lb-6-htb                   0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-lb-6-htb-debuginfo         0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-optional-6-htb             0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-optional-6-htb-debuginfo   0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-rs-6-htb                   0
17:27:14       . rhel-i386-server-rs-6-htb-debuginfo         0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-6-htb                    0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-6-htb-debuginfo          0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-ha-6-htb                 0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-ha-6-htb-debuginfo       0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-lb-6-htb                 0
17:27:14       . rhel-x86_64-server-lb-6-htb-debuginfo       0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6-htb           0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6-htb-debuginfo 0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-rs-6-htb                 0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-rs-6-htb-debuginfo       0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-sfs-6-htb                0
17:27:15       . rhel-x86_64-server-sfs-6-htb-debuginfo      0
17:27:15       . sam-rhel-x86_64-server-6-htb                0
17:27:15       . sam-rhel-x86_64-server-6-htb-debuginfo      0

• Attempted syncing the rhel-i386-server-6-htb channel with a result of "0" packages downloaded :

# satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-server-6-htb
17:28:22 Red Hat Network Satellite - live synchronization
17:28:22    url: https://satellite.rhn.redhat.com
17:28:22    debug/output level: 1
17:28:23    db:  rhnsat/<password>@rhnsat
...
17:28:50 Retrieving short package metadata (used for indexing)
17:28:50    Retrieving / parsing short package metadata: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (0)
17:28:50 Diffing package metadata (what's missing locally?): rhel-i386-server-6-htb
            ________________________________________
Diffing:    ######################################## - complete
17:28:50
17:28:50 Downloading package metadata
17:28:50    Retrieving / parsing *relevant* package metadata: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE RELEVANT)
17:28:50
17:28:50 Downloading rpm packages
17:28:50    Fetching any missing RPMs: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE MISSING)
17:28:50 Processing rpm packages complete
17:28:50
17:28:50 Importing package metadata
17:28:50    Importing *relevant* package metadata: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE RELEVANT)
17:28:50
17:28:50 Linking packages to channels
17:28:50
17:28:50 Downloading errata data
17:28:50    Retrieving / parsing errata data: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (0)
17:28:50 Downloading errata data complete
17:28:50
17:28:50 Downloading kickstartable trees metadata
17:28:50    Retrieving / parsing kickstart data: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE RELEVANT)
17:28:50
17:28:50 Downloading kickstartable trees files
17:28:50    Retrieving / parsing kickstart tree files: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE RELEVANT)
17:28:50
17:28:50 Importing channel errata
17:28:50    Importing *relevant* errata: rhel-i386-server-6-htb (NONE RELEVANT)
17:28:50    No new kickstartable tree to import
    Import complete:
        Begin time: Mon Oct 21 17:28:22 2013
        End time:   Mon Oct 21 17:28:50 2013
        Elapsed:    0 hours, 0 minutes, 28 seconds