Leapp upgrade command returns Error: No handle specified with Message: Unable to install RHEL X userspace packages.
Issue
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Leapp upgrade
fails withError: No handle specified
:2025-00-19 00:00:00.12345 [ERROR] Actor: target_userspace_creator Message: Unable to install RHEL 9 userspace packages. Summary: Details: Command ['systemd-nspawn', '--register=no', '--quiet', '--keep-unit', '--capability=all', '-D', '/var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay', '--setenv=LEAPP_HOSTNAME=client.example.com', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXPERIMENTAL=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_UNSUPPORTED=0', '--setenv=LEAPP_NO_RHSM=1', '--setenv=LEAPP_NO_RHSM_FACTS=1', '--setenv=LEAPP_TARGET_PRODUCT_CHANNEL=ga', '--setenv=LEAPP_TARGET_ISO=/opt/rhel-9.4-x86_64-dvd.iso', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_TARGET_RELEASE=9.4', '--setenv=LEAPP_UPGRADE_PATH_FLAVOUR=default', '--setenv=LEAPP_IPU_IN_PROGRESS=8to9', '--setenv=LEAPP_EXECUTION_ID=122155-1221212', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_TOOLS=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/common/tools:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/tools', '--setenv=LEAPP_COMMON_FILES=:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/common/files:/etc/leapp/repos.d/system_upgrade/el8toel9/files', 'dnf', 'install', '-y', '--setopt=module_platform_id=platform:el9', '--setopt=keepcache=1', '--releasever', '9.4', '--installroot', '/el9target', '--disablerepo', '*', '--enablerepo', 'AppStream', '--enablerepo', 'BaseOS', 'util-linux', 'dnf-command(config-manager)', 'dnf', '--disableplugin', 'subscription-manager'] failed with exit code 1. Stderr: Host and machine ids are equal (122155-1221212): refusing to link journals Error: No handle specified
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Leapp
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