yum/dnf update fails on RHEL 8 client registered with Red Hat Satellite 6 due to dependency issue

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Issue

  • Executing yum update or dnf update on RHEL 8 host, fails with the following dependency error:

    # yum update
    Updating Subscription Management repositories.
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                              92 kB/s | 4.1 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                      99 kB/s | 4.5 kB     00:00
    Red Hat Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 x86_64 (RPMs)                                                                                                                                                           91 kB/s | 3.8 kB     00:00
    Error:
     Problem: package gdk-pixbuf2-devel-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from @System requires gdk-pixbuf2(x86-64) = 2.36.12-6.el8_10, but    none of the providers can be installed
      - cannot install both gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-7.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms and   gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from @System
      - cannot install both gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-7.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms and gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64 from rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
      - cannot install the best update candidate for package gdk-pixbuf2-devel-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64
      - cannot install the best update candidate for package gdk-pixbuf2-2.36.12-6.el8_10.x86_64
    (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)"    
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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