[Spacewalk-list] Failed: Packages failed to install properly: No package(s) available to install

[Rob James]

I noticed when I imported a load of new packages that although they
appeared within Spacewalk straight away running yum from a client
would say they're not there. However later the same day it worked fine
so it could be that it takes a while for Spacewalk to recreate it's
yum metadata files (repodata.xml and stuff under /var/cache/rhn) with
the new content. Make sure you do "yum clean all" on the client to
force it to download the metadata again.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Zac Elston <zac.elston at metavante.com> wrote:
>   so... Brand new .5 server with only itself as the client.
> uploaded the packages from reposync results to channels
> generate key, assign server as client to the channels made.
>
> client shows 60 packages to upgrade, select all , upgrade, confirm  >fail
>  "No package(s) available to install"
>
> that's a good one!:)  nothing in the logs either.  ideas?
>
>
> I associate the system back to the previous spacewalk server and it updates
> just fine.  revert back to the new .5 server running on it and
>
> yum fails to see anything as well but it does know about the channels.
>
> [root at nla-m04 init.d]# yum install php-mysql
> Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
> centos-5-2-extras     100% |=========================|  871 B    00:00
> centos-5-2-epel       100% |=========================|  871 B    00:00
> centos-5-2-updates    100% |=========================|  871 B    00:00
> centos-5-2-centosplus 100% |=========================|  871 B    00:00
> centos-5-2-base       100% |=========================|  871 B    00:00
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> No package php-mysql available.
> Nothing to do
>
> spacewalk says this package is
> Available From:     centos-5-2-base
> and the package is  on the host
>
> [root at nla-m04 init.d]# ls -al
> /var/satellite/redhat/1/bb6/php-mysql/5.1.6-20.el5/i386/bb68aaef6ed9f4e80f85e81eefc2e0fb/php-mysql-5.1.6-20.el5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 85302 Apr  2 11:49
> /var/satellite/redhat/1/bb6/php-mysql/5.1.6-20.el5/i386/bb68aaef6ed9f4e80f85e81eefc2e0fb/php-mysql-5.1.6-20.el5.i386.rpm
>
>
> thanks
>
> -zac
>
>
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