"Error -3 while decompressing: invalid block type" when running Inter-Satellite Sync

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Issue

  • ran inter satellite sync and got the following error:

    # satellite-sync --iss-parent=<parent-satellite.example.com --ca-cert=/path/PARENT-RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT -c rhel-x86_64-server-5
    [...]
    15:36:11 Retrieving / parsing channel data
    Exception reported from gdcul3207
    Time: Fri Apr  8 15:36:12 2011
    Exception type zlib.error
    
    Exception Handler Information
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/xmlSource.py", line 132, in process
        self.__parser.parse(self.__stream)
      File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", line 109, in parse
        xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
      File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/xmlreader.py", line 124, in parse
        buffer = file.read(self._bufsize)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 797, in read
        return self.file_obj.read(amt)
      File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/gzip.py", line 225, in read
        self._read(readsize)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gzipstream.py", line 174, in _read
        uncompress = self.decompress.decompress(buf)
    error: Error -3 while decompressing: invalid block type
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite

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