Package-based content-view filters do not work for Source RPMs in Red Hat Satellite 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

  • If any Package/RPM based filters have been applied on a content-view, the Source RPMs (if any) part of the same content-view remains unaffected.

  • Those Source RPMs would then also be listed by yum on the client system, giving a wrong impression about available packages from the filtered content-view content.:

    # yum repolist -v
...
...
Repo-pkgs          : 153
Repo-available-pkgs: 153          << Package count does not match with the filter configuration
...

Resolution

To remediate this issue, the repositories having Source RPMs can be configured to exclude such contents in the Red Hat Satellite.

  • Follow the below steps on the Red Hat Satellite server and change Ignore SRPMs to True and update the repository to exclude Source RPMs:

    • Execute the below command and note down the ID of the repository:

      # hammer repository list

    • Replace xx with the repository ID noted above in the below command:

      # hammer repository update --ignorable-content 'srpm' --id xx

  • To make this change effective,

    • Resynchronize the concerned repository.
    • Publish a new version of the Content Views that have the repository included.

 

Reach out to the Red Hat Technical Support should any further assistance be required.

Root Cause

  • Source RPMs are not affected by Package-based content-view filters and will continue to be available in the Content View.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Below command can be used to check the Package/Source RPMs count for a repository on the Red Hat Satellite server:

    # hammer repository info --id 16 | grep -A5 'Content Counts'
Content Counts:          
Packages:       335
Source RPMS:    152
Package Groups: 0
Errata:         165
Module Streams: 0

  • To check filter configuration and rule on Red Hat Satellite with hammer use the below command:

       # hammer content-view filter list --content-view-id 3
   ----------|-------------------------|-------------|----------|----------
   FILTER ID | NAME                    | DESCRIPTION | TYPE     | INCLUSION
   ----------|-------------------------|-------------|----------|----------
   19        | Filter_Name             |             | rpm      | true     
   ----------|-------------------------|-------------|----------|----------


   # hammer content-view filter info --id 19
   Filter ID:    19
   ...
   Inclusion:    true                                 << Include filter is configured 
   ...
   Rules:        
   1) Id:      9
   Name:    Rule Name
   Created: 2023/02/14 10:41:51
   Updated: 2023/02/14 10:41:51

  • Newly published version of Content view after filter configuration will show the package count on Red Hat Satellite as below:

    1 RPM packages
17 Errata
152 Source RPMs

  • On the Client system the Package/Source RPMs count will include 1 RPM package and 152 Source RPMs:

    # yum repolist -v
...
...
Repo-pkgs          : 153
Repo-available-pkgs: 153
...

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