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Bug 1409506

Summary: Traceback during cobbler setup while upgrading
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5 Reporter: Lukáš Hellebrandt <lhellebr>
Component: UpgradesAssignee: Tomáš Kašpárek <tkasparek>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Red Hat Satellite QA List <satqe-list>
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Version: 570CC: lhellebr, tlestach
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Description Lukáš Hellebrandt 2017-01-02 10:01:54 UTC
Description of problem:
I encountered the following traceback when upgrading a Satellite 570 on EmbPostgreSQL RHEL6 to 580:

"""
trying symlink /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-x86_64-server-6-6.7/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz -> /var/www/cobbler/images/ks-rhel-x86_64-server-6-67/vmlinuz
trying symlink /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-x86_64-server-6-6.7/images/pxeboot/initrd.img -> /var/www/cobbler/images/ks-rhel-x86_64-server-6-67/initrd.img
copying files for distro: ks-local-parent-stable-channel-x86_64:1:RedHatSatTeamQA
Exception occured: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
Exception value: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower'
Exception Info:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 95, in run
    rc = self._run(self)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 186, in runner
    return self.remote.api.sync(self.options.get("verbose",False),logger=self.logger)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 608, in sync
    return sync.run()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_sync.py", line 115, in run
    self.pxegen.copy_distros()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/pxegen.py", line 135, in copy_distros
    self.copy_single_distro_files(d)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/pxegen.py", line 164, in copy_single_distro_files
    if utils.file_is_remote(kernel):
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line 507, in file_is_remote
    file_loc_lc = file_location.lower()

!!! TASK FAILED !!!
"""

How reproducible:
Sometimes; I will leave a comment when I learn a reproducer

Actual results:
Traceback

Expected results:
1) A nice error message
2) Fix a traceback cause if it is a bug