Description of problem: There are unclear instructions in step 3 of satellite-upgrade-postgresql.txt Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhn-upgrade-5.8.0.18-1.el6sat How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Check rhn-upgrade docs Actual results: ~~~~~ 3. Mount the Red Hat Satellite ISO and make sure the mounted ISO matches the operating system and architecture of the server you are installing it on. - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server + Satellite 5.6 or 5.7 Perform the command-line portion of the Red Hat Satellite 5.8 upgrade. Run the install.pl command located in the root of the ISO (you may want to append --answer-file= option to the command in case you created an answer file as part of upgrade preparation). ./install.pl --upgrade If you are migrating your database from Oracle to managed or external PostgreSQL option, or if you already have external or managed PostgreSQL database add the following switch: --external-postgresql For disconnected Satellites, add the following switch: --disconnected ~~~~~ I'm bit confused about line 4 here (the one starting with "- Red Hat...". Also I believe that "s/migrating your database from Oracle to/migrating your database to/" Expected results: Above should be clear.
Verified with rhn-upgrade-5.8.0.23-1 . The "- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server + Satellite 5.6 or 5.7" part was added in commit e4770305acef8f9aaecd0e1158ab20eb944ebbe8 for no apparent reason, probably by mistake. It has been removed now. The Oracle migration part has not been changed and I agree with Tomas that it is indeed correct.