Package Manager GUI forces re-register of system even if registered correctly

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
  • yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5_7.1

Issue

  • Package Manager GUI forces system to re-register even if system is registered correctly.
  • There are no packages available in the Package Manager GUI on the Browse tab.
  • In the Package Manager GUI, on the List tab, the only packages that are shown are the ones that are already on the system.  You are unable to select new packages that you would like to install.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed with yum-rhn-plugin version 0.5.4-22.el5_7.2 ( from RHBA-2011:1281 ) or above .

Alternatively, when upgrading yum-rhn-plugin is not feasible due to deployment constraints, it can be downgraded to a version that is not affected by this issue instead:

  1. Verify the yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5_7.1 is installed:

    # rpm -qa | grep yum-rhn-plugin
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5_7.1

  2. Re-run the following command to verify package downgraded:

    # yum downgrade yum-rhn-plugin
# rpm -qa | grep yum-rhn-plugin
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5
  • Component
  • yum

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