[Spacewalk-list] Updating python2.7 packages on Ubuntu 16.04 causes removal of spacewalk client packages and multiple python 2.7 packages

Mon Apr 16 23:27:11 UTC 2018

Hi,

When trying to apply python 2.7 package updates on our Ubuntu 16.04 systems, Spacewalk tries to commit suicide by removing all the Spacewalk packages and multiple python packages (as well as sssd if it's in use). To fix the problem we need to back up the Spacewalk sources.list and Spacewalk repo files, switch back to Ubuntu repos by swapping to pre-Spacewalk sources.list, re-install python2.7 and the Spacewalk client, and the switch to the Spacewalk sources.list and repo file again.

We've had problems with the Multi-Arch header in Packages before. However I've checked but the Multi-Arch: header for python2.7 packages is still set up correctly in the main, update, and security channel Packages files since I fixed them the last time, so that doesn't appear to be the problem. Does anybody have any idea what might be going on?

root at u16server:/home/local/YORK/ppanon# sudo rhn_check -vvv
D: check_action{'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>packages.update</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>libpython-stdlib</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>python</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>python-minimal</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 1968}
updateLoginInfo() login info
D: login(forceUpdate=True) invoked
logging into up2date server
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC up2date.login
D: writeCachedLogin() invoked
D: Wrote pickled loginInfo at 1523920847.76 with expiration of 1523924447.76 seconds.
successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server
D: logininfo:{'X-RHN-Server-Id': 1000010078, 'X-RHN-Auth-Server-Time': '1523920847.75', 'X-RHN-Auth': 'Y1ME414TmOz4KzZw2TldrrD/57wOcaVxdYol4N4YRSY=', 'X-RHN-Auth-Channels': [['xenial', '20180408040248', '1', '1'], ['xenial-security', '20180408040949', '0', '1'], ['xenial-security-universe', '20180408040914', '0', '1'], ['xenial-updates-universe', '20180408040914', '0', '1'], ['xenial-updates', '20180408040949', '0', '1'], ['xenial-backports', '20180408040307', '0', '1']], 'X-RHN-Auth-User-Id': '', 'X-RHN-Auth-Expire-Offset': '3600.0'}
D: handle_action{'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>packages.update</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>libpython-stdlib</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>python</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>python-minimal</string></value>\n<value><string>2.7.12</string></value>\n<value><string>1~16.04</string></value>\n<value><string></string></value>\n<value><string>amd64-deb</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 1968}
D: handle_action actionid = 1968, version = 2
D: do_call packages.update([['libpython-stdlib', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb'], ['python', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb'], ['python-minimal', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb']],){'cache_only': None}
D: Called update[['libpython-stdlib', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb'], ['python', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb'], ['python-minimal', '2.7.12', '1~16.04', '', 'amd64-deb']]
Apt-Spacewalk: Updating sources.list
(Reading database ... 265831 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing apt-transport-spacewalk (1.0.6-4.1) ...
Removing gufw (16.04.1-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Removing ndiff (7.01-2ubuntu2) ...
Removing rhnsd (5.0.4-3) ...
Removing rhn-client-tools (1.8.26-4) ...
Removing python-apt (1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Removing python-bs4 (4.4.1-1) ...
Removing zenmap (7.01-2ubuntu2) ...
Removing python-gtk2 (2.24.0-4ubuntu1) ...
Removing python-cairo (1.8.8-2) ...
Removing python-chardet (2.3.0-2) ...
Removing python-rhn (2.5.55-2) ...
Removing python-openssl (0.15.1-2build1) ...
Removing python-cryptography (1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Removing python-dbus (1.2.0-3) ...
Removing python-dmidecode (3.12.2-2) ...
Removing python-enum34 (1.1.2-1) ...
Removing python-gudev (147.2-3) ...
Removing python-gobject (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing python-gi (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing python-gobject-2 (2.28.6-12ubuntu1) ...
Removing python-html5lib (0.999-4) ...
Removing python-idna (2.0-3) ...
Removing python-ipaddress (1.0.16-1) ...
Removing python-jabber (0.5.0-1.6) ...
Removing python-pkg-resources (20.7.0-1) ...
Removing python-pyasn1 (0.1.9-1) ...
Removing python-six (1.10.0-3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 1 removed doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
(Reading database ... 264545 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python-minimal_2.7.12-1~16.04_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking python-minimal (2.7.12-1~16.04) over (2.7.11-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up python-minimal (2.7.12-1~16.04) ...
(Reading database ... 264545 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python_2.7.12-1~16.04_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking python (2.7.12-1~16.04) over (2.7.11-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libpython-stdlib_2.7.12-1~16.04_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpython-stdlib:amd64 (2.7.12-1~16.04) over (2.7.11-1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up libpython-stdlib:amd64 (2.7.12-1~16.04) ...
Setting up python (2.7.12-1~16.04) ...
D: Sending back response(0, 'update OK', {})
D: do_call packages.checkNeedUpdate('rhnsd=1',){}
D: Attempt to call an unsupported action packages.checkNeedUpdate('rhnsd=1',)
D: local action status: (6, 'Invalid function call attempted', {})
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message

Thank you,

Paul-Andre Panon
Senior Systems Administrator