Bug 141277

Summary: up2date crashes when RHN server returns contradictory data for *.src.rpm
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Joe Smith <joe.smith>
Component: up2dateAssignee: Clifford Perry <cperry>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Red Hat Satellite QA List <satqe-list>
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Description Joe Smith 2004-11-30 00:07:32 UTC
Description of problem:  When running up2date with source RPMs
selected, the process dies with a fatal error when a *.src.rpm file
cannot be found.  User has to try several times to get all the
remaining updates.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always for specific packages.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start up2date with profile to include source RPMs.
2. Select all packages.
3. Process dies at GCconf2-2.2.1-4.src.rpm and net-snmp.
  
Actual results:
There was a fatal error communicating with the server.  The message was:
File Not Found: GConf2-2.2.1-4.src.rpm

Error Message:
    Invalid RPM package GConf2-2.2.1-4.src.rpm requested
Error Class Code: 17
Error Class Info: File not found.
Explanation: 
     An error has occurred while processing your request.  

Expected results:

Retrieve binary RPM (OK), then source RPM (fails), then move on to
next package (does not proceed after minor error).

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Comment 2 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 13:19:36 UTC
Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

If you would like Red Hat to re-consider your feature request for an active release, please re-open the request via appropriate support channels and provide additional supporting details about the importance of this issue.