Why client facing dependency issue when performing update from RHN Satellite?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • RHN Satellite 5.x
  • RHN Proxy 5.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

Issue

  • While updating client system from RHN Satellite via RHN Proxy server, it fails.

    [...]
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-nose-0.11.3-2.el5.noarch
---> Package python-simplejson.x86_64 0:2.0.9-8.el5 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-simplejson-2.0.9-8.el5.x86_64
---> Package shared-mime-info.x86_64 0:0.70-4.el6 will be installed
---> Package snappy.x86_64 0:1.1.0-1.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Resolution

  • Remove incorrect packages from channel. Rebuilt the channel with the correct packages.

  • Exclude '.el5' packages.

    # yum --exclude=*.el5* update

Root Cause

  • Found there were a number of incorrect packages in the custom channel to which client system was subscribed.

Diagnostic Steps

  • Found following python packages installed on client system.

    python-2.6.6-36.el6.x86_64                                  Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:19:16 BST
python-dateutil-1.4.1-6.el6.noarch                          Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:20:14 BST
python-dmidecode-3.10.13-1.el6.x86_64                       Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:17 BST
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64                             Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:19:28 BST
python-gudev-147.1-4.el6_0.1.x86_64                         Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:25 BST
python-iniparse-0.3.1-2.1.el6.noarch                        Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:15 BST
python-iwlib-0.1-1.2.el6.x86_64                             Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:48 BST
python-libs-2.6.6-36.el6.x86_64                             Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:19:13 BST
python-nose-0.10.4-3.1.el6.noarch                           Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:05:36 BST
python-pycurl-7.19.0-8.el6.x86_64                           Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:24 BST
python-rhsm-1.1.8-1.el6.x86_64                              Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:19:39 BST
python-setuptools-0.6.10-3.el6.noarch                       Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:05:35 BST
python-simplejson-2.0.9-3.1.el6.x86_64                      Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:17 BST
python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-8.el6.noarch                        Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:00:24 BST
rpm-python-4.8.0-32.el6.x86_64                              Tue 08 Oct 2013 10:19:37 BST

  • As per the yum update output, it seems packages of .el5 are listed as available update.

    [...]
---> Package iwl4965-firmware.noarch 0:228.61.2.24-2.1.el6 will be updated
---> Package iwl4965-firmware.noarch 1:228.61.2.24-1.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package libcollection.x86_64 0:0.6.0-9.el6 will be updated
---> Package libcollection.x86_64 0:0.6.0-10.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package libdhash.x86_64 0:0.4.2-9.el6 will be updated
---> Package libdhash.x86_64 0:0.4.2-10.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package libini_config.x86_64 0:0.6.1-9.el6 will be updated
---> Package libini_config.x86_64 0:0.6.1-10.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package libpath_utils.x86_64 0:0.2.1-9.el6 will be updated
---> Package libpath_utils.x86_64 0:0.2.1-10.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package libref_array.x86_64 0:0.1.1-9.el6 will be updated
---> Package libref_array.x86_64 0:0.1.1-10.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package microcode_ctl.x86_64 1:1.17-14.el6 will be updated
---> Package microcode_ctl.x86_64 2:1.17-1.56.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package python-nose.noarch 0:0.10.4-3.1.el6 will be updated
---> Package python-nose.noarch 0:0.11.3-2.el5 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-nose-0.11.3-2.el5.noarch
--
---> Package python-simplejson.x86_64 0:2.0.9-3.1.el6 will be updated
---> Package python-simplejson.x86_64 0:2.0.9-8.el5 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-simplejson-2.0.9-8.el5.x86_64
--
---> Package virt-what.x86_64 0:1.11-1.2.el6 will be updated
---> Package virt-what.x86_64 0:1.11-2.el5 will be an update
--
---> Package p11-kit-trust.x86_64 0:0.18.5-2.el6 will be installed
---> Package python-nose.noarch 0:0.11.3-2.el5 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-nose-0.11.3-2.el5.noarch
---> Package python-simplejson.x86_64 0:2.0.9-8.el5 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.4 for package: python-simplejson-2.0.9-8.el5.x86_64

  • It seems that the system is subscribed to custom/clone channel with .el5 packages.

  • Unsubscribe it from the channel containing these packages and then try or try below command.

    # yum --exclude=*.el5* update

  • If the system is subscibed to custom base channel then make sure that channel have latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    6 packages in it.

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