Hi This might be a little long but this is my scenario - I have a CentOS updates channel which follows the updates as they come from CentOS, this is currently tracking 5.4. I have a client that was installed as CentOS 5.3 and is subscribed to this updates channel. I can see updates outstanding for it but when i try to apply those updates although it appears that they were applied, from a spacewalk POV, in reality nothing happens but no errors are logged from what i can see. If i install a client as 5.4 then this seems to not happen. The issue is that i have some 5.3 boxes that need bringing up to date with spacewalk. Any thoughts? This is a debug output trimmed down slightly # rhn_check -vv D: check_action {'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>packages.update <SNIP LOTS OF STUFF> updateLoginInfo() login info D: login(forceUpdate=True) invoked logging into up2date server D: writeCachedLogin() invoked D: Wrote pickled loginInfo at 1270718291.89 with expiration of 1270721891.89 seconds. successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server D: logininfo: {'X-RHN-Server-Id': 1000010065, 'X-RHN-Auth-Server-Time': '1270718291.88', 'X-RHN-Auth': 'DvjV/JD/vxeDYxAwNTCdag==', 'X-RHN-Auth-Channels': [['clone-centos-5-updates-010410', '20100406135639', '1', '1']], 'X-RHN-Auth-User-Id': '', 'X-RHN-Auth-Expire-Offset': '3600.0'} <SNIP LOTS OF STUFF> D: handle_action actionid = 279, version = 2 D: do_call packages.update ([['OpenIPMI', '2.0.16', '5.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['OpenIPMI-libs', '2.0.16', '5.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['bind-libs', '9.3.6', '4.P1.el5_4.2', '30', 'x86_64'], 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['newt', '0.52.2', '12.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['nscd', '2.5', '42.el5_4.3', '', 'x86_64'], ['nspr', '4.8.4', '1.el5_4', '', 'i386'], ['nspr', '4.8.4', '1.el5_4', '', 'x86_64'], ['nss', '3.12.6', '1.el5.centos', '', 'i386'], ['nss', '3.12.6', '1.el5.centos', '', 'x86_64'], ['nss-tools', '3.12.6', '1.el5.centos', '', 'x86_64'], ['nss_ldap', '253', '22.el5_4', '', 'i386'], ['nss_ldap', '253', '22.el5_4', '', 'x86_64'], ['ntp', '4.2.2p1', '9.el5.centos.2.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['openssh', '4.3p2', '36.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['openssh-clients', '4.3p2', '36.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['openssh-server', '4.3p2', '36.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['openssl', '0.9.8e', '12.el5_4.6', '', 'i686'], ['openssl', '0.9.8e', '12.el5_4.6', '', 'x86_64'], ['pam', '0.99.6.2', '6.el5_4.1', '', 'i386'], ['pam', '0.99.6.2', '6.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['pango', '1.14.9', '8.el5.centos', '', 'i386'], ['pango', '1.14.9', '8.el5.centos', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-irb', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-libs', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-rdoc', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['selinux-policy', '2.4.6', '255.el5_4.4', '', 'noarch'], ['selinux-policy-targeted', '2.4.6', '255.el5_4.4', '', 'noarch'], ['strace', '4.5.18', '5.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['sudo', '1.6.9p17', '6.el5_4', '', 'x86_64'], ['tar', '1.15.1', '23.0.1.el5_4.2', '2', 'x86_64'], ['tzdata', '2010e', '1.el5', '', 'noarch'], ['util-linux', '2.13', '0.52.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['vixie-cron', '4.1', '77.el5_4.1', '4', 'x86_64'], ['wget', '1.11.4', '2.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['yum-fastestmirror', '1.1.16', '14.el5.centos.1', '', 'noarch'], ['yum-security', '1.1.16', '14.el5.centos.1', '', 'noarch']],) Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, rhnplugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile 917 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile D: Called update [['OpenIPMI', '2.0.16', '5.el5_4.1', '', 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'i686'], ['glibc', '2.5', '42.el5_4.3', '', 'x86_64'], ['glibc-common', '2.5', '42.el5_4.3', '', 'x86_64'], ['gnutls', '1.4.1', '3.el5_4.8', '', 'i386'], ['gnutls', '1.4.1', '3.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['gzip', '1.3.5', '11.el5.centos.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['iptables', '1.3.5', '5.3.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['iptables-ipv6', '1.3.5', '5.3.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['kernel-xen', '2.6.18', '164.15.1.el5', '', 'x86_64'], ['kpartx', '0.4.7', '30.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['krb5-libs', '1.6.1', '36.el5_4.1', '', 'i386'], ['krb5-libs', '1.6.1', '36.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['krb5-workstation', '1.6.1', '36.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['ksh', '20080202', '14.el5_4.2', '', 'x86_64'], ['libXi', '1.0.1', '4.el5_4', '', 'i386'], ['libXi', '1.0.1', '4.el5_4', '', 'x86_64'], ['libgcc', '4.1.2', '46.el5_4.2', '', 'i386'], ['libgcc', '4.1.2', '46.el5_4.2', '', 'x86_64'], ['libstdc++', '4.1.2', '46.el5_4.2', '', 'i386'], ['libstdc++', '4.1.2', '46.el5_4.2', '', 'x86_64'], ['libuser', '0.54.7', '2.1.el5_4.1', 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'i386'], ['pango', '1.14.9', '8.el5.centos', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-irb', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-libs', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['ruby-rdoc', '1.8.5', '5.el5_4.8', '', 'x86_64'], ['selinux-policy', '2.4.6', '255.el5_4.4', '', 'noarch'], ['selinux-policy-targeted', '2.4.6', '255.el5_4.4', '', 'noarch'], ['strace', '4.5.18', '5.el5_4.4', '', 'x86_64'], ['sudo', '1.6.9p17', '6.el5_4', '', 'x86_64'], ['tar', '1.15.1', '23.0.1.el5_4.2', '2', 'x86_64'], ['tzdata', '2010e', '1.el5', '', 'noarch'], ['util-linux', '2.13', '0.52.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['vixie-cron', '4.1', '77.el5_4.1', '4', 'x86_64'], ['wget', '1.11.4', '2.el5_4.1', '', 'x86_64'], ['yum-fastestmirror', '1.1.16', '14.el5.centos.1', '', 'noarch'], ['yum-security', '1.1.16', '14.el5.centos.1', '', 'noarch']] D: Dependencies Resolved D: Downloading Packages: D: Running Transaction Test D: Finished Transaction Test D: Transaction Test Succeeded D: Running Transaction Updating package profile D: Sending back response (0, 'Update Succeeded', {}) D: do_call packages.checkNeedUpdate ('rhnsd=1',) D: local action status: (0, 'rpm database not modified since last update (or package list recently updated)', {})