For recently release RHEL update, why spacewalk-create-channel fails with "Error: data file 'X-uY-server-x86_64' does not exist" ?

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Issue

  • On trying to create channels for the recently release Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor update, spacewalk-create-channel fails with:
# spacewalk-create-channel -l satadmin -v 5 -u u7 -r Server -a x86_64 --destChannel=RHEL_5.7_x86_64
No server specified, defaulting to localhost.
Password:*****
Error: data file '5-u7-server-x86_64' does not exist
  • Why does spacewalk-create-channel fail only for the latest released Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor update?

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Satellite v5.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor release

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