Bug 648962

Description of problem:
Server Setup is Spacewalk 1.1 (x64_64) which runs fine (Package updates Ok,...). There is a configuration channel setup with a file within. If you want to deploy the file to clients, this will fail on clients which use spacewalk-client-tools out of repo http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1-client/RHEL/5/i386/.

Clients which have installed spacewalk-client tools from http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.0-client/RHEL/5/i386/ will successfully "receive" the files.

Error displayed is: Client execution returned "Fatal error in Python code occured [[6]]" (code -1)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Client (not working):
rhn-setup-1.1.15-1.el5
rhnlib-2.5.26-1.el5
rhnsd-4.9.5-1.el5
rhncfg-5.9.19-1.el5
rhncfg-actions-5.9.19-1.el5
rhn-client-tools-1.1.15-1.el5
rhn-check-1.1.15-1.el5
rhncfg-client-5.9.19-1.el5


How reproducible:
Whithin the setup documented above, always.
If you install the "old" 1.0-client repo release on the client it will work.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Schedule config file deployment
2. On Client: rhn_check -vvvvvvv
3.
  
Actual results:
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename rdonly mode=0x0
D: check_action {'action': "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>configfiles.deploy</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><struct>\n<member>\n<name>files</name>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><struct>\n<member>\n<name>config_channel</name>\n<value><string>testfile</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>username</name>\n<value><string>root</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>encoding</name>\n<value><string>base64</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>checksum</name>\n<value><string>e670fdee85526c7287da25087d123934</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>filetype</name>\n<value><string>file</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>delim_start</name>\n<value><string>{|</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>delim_end</name>\n<value><string>|}</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>symlink</name>\n<value><string></string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>groupname</name>\n<value><string>root</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>file_contents</name>\n<value><string>dGhpcyBpcyBzcGFjZXdhbGsuLi4=\n</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>filemode</name>\n<value><int>644</int></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>checksum_type</name>\n<value><string>md5</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>path</name>\n<value><string>/tmp/deploytest</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>selinux_ctx</name>\n<value><string></string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>revision</name>\n<value><int>2</int></value>\n</member>\n</struct></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</member>\n</struct></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 108}
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  1288713052.09  with expiration of  1288716652.09  seconds.
successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server
D: logininfo: {'X-RHN-Server-Id': 1000010022, 'X-RHN-Auth-Server-Time': '1288712169.85', 'X-RHN-Auth': 'qq4P5sb8ISAvueaoyyqhgA==', 'X-RHN-Auth-Channels': [['centos5-base-i386', '20101027132240', '1', '1'], ['spacewalk-client-i386', '20101027144532', '0', '1'], ['centos5-updates-i386', '20101102050042', '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>configfiles.deploy</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><struct>\n<member>\n<name>files</name>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><struct>\n<member>\n<name>config_channel</name>\n<value><string>testfile</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>username</name>\n<value><string>root</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>encoding</name>\n<value><string>base64</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>checksum</name>\n<value><string>e670fdee85526c7287da25087d123934</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>filetype</name>\n<value><string>file</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>delim_start</name>\n<value><string>{|</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>delim_end</name>\n<value><string>|}</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>symlink</name>\n<value><string></string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>groupname</name>\n<value><string>root</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>file_contents</name>\n<value><string>dGhpcyBpcyBzcGFjZXdhbGsuLi4=\n</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>filemode</name>\n<value><int>644</int></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>checksum_type</name>\n<value><string>md5</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>path</name>\n<value><string>/tmp/deploytest</string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>selinux_ctx</name>\n<value><string></string></value>\n</member>\n<member>\n<name>revision</name>\n<value><int>2</int></value>\n</member>\n</struct></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</member>\n</struct></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n", 'version': 2, 'id': 108}
D: handle_action actionid = 108, version = 2
D: do_call configfiles.deploy ({'files': [{'config_channel': 'testfile', 'username': 'root', 'encoding': 'base64', 'checksum': 'e670fdee85526c7287da25087d123934', 'filetype': 'file', 'delim_start': '{|', 'file_contents': 'dGhpcyBpcyBzcGFjZXdhbGsuLi4=\n', 'symlink': '', 'groupname': 'root', 'delim_end': '|}', 'selinux_ctx': '', 'filemode': 644, 'checksum_type': 'md5', 'path': '/tmp/deploytest', 'revision': 2}]},) {'cache_only': None}
D: Sending back response ((6,), 'Fatal error in Python code occured', {})
D: do_call packages.checkNeedUpdate ('rhnsd=1',) {}
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename rdonly mode=0x0
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: May free Score board((nil))
Config time: 0.050
Running "init" handler for "rhnplugin" plugin
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC up2date.listChannels
Looking for repo options for [centos5-base-i386]
Looking for repo options for [spacewalk-client-i386]
Looking for repo options for [centos5-updates-i386]
Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Package Sacks
Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
pkgsack time: 0.035
Reading Local RPMDB
rpmdb time: 0.000
Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repo time: 0.001
D: Called refresh_rpmlist
Updating package profile
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.update_packages
D: local action status:  (0, 'rpmlist refreshed', {})
D: rpcServer: Calling XMLRPC registration.welcome_message
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Providename
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: May free Score board((nil))



Expected results:
the file :)

Additional info: