Bug 2074111

# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 3.2.22-1
subscription management rules: 5.41
subscription-manager: 1.28.29-1.git.22.704860e.el8

# subscription-manager register 
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: sca_rhsm_1
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: b2b387a0-0907-4d78-a9db-03be7577dccb
The registered system name is: kvm-01-guest06.lab.eng.rdu2.redhat.com

# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/os
Enabled:   1

# subscription-manager release --list
+-------------------------------------------+
          Available Releases
+-------------------------------------------+
8
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7

# subscription-manager release --set=8.6
Release set to: 8.6

# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/os
Enabled:   1

ˆ^Notice the $releasever is the repo url was replaced by the release version set on the system. Based on the observation , pre verifying the bug

Final verification on :
======================

//In order to demonstrate the release list we need to have GA certificate on the system. Currently I m manually placing the GA certificate for the verification purpose. Also using stage environments to demo the verification steps 
# subscription-manager version
server type: Red Hat Subscription Management
subscription management server: 4.0.18-1
subscription management rules: 5.41
subscription-manager: 1.28.30-1.el8

# subscription-manager register
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: sca_rhsm_1
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: *******
The registered system name is: *******

# subscription-manager list --installed
+-------------------------------------------+
    Installed Product Status
+-------------------------------------------+
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Product ID:   479
Version:      8.7
Arch:         x86_64

# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
Enabled:   1

# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
15

ˆ^Notice $releasever was present in the redhat.repo prior to setting release version on the system

# subscription-manager release --list
+-------------------------------------------+
          Available Releases
+-------------------------------------------+
8
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7

# subscription-manager release --set=8.7
Release set to: 8.7

# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
0

ˆAfter the release version was set on the system, all the reference to $releasever was replaced by the actual value configured on the system

# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
+----------------------------------------------------------+
    Available Repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
+----------------------------------------------------------+
Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.7/x86_64/appstream/os
Enabled:   1

Repo ID:   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Repo Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)
Repo URL:  https://cdn.stage.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.7/x86_64/baseos/os
Enabled:   1

# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": "8.7"}

Based on the observations now the user can successfully set release version on the system. Hence verifying the bug.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2022:7719