Bug 1481779

** Explanation:

jsherril suspected that a backport changing how errata package lists are stored in Pulp did not take into account that the older code base used a different (and since-removed) code path for calculating which RPMs should be installed for a given erratum.

ttereshc and I chased down that theory, confirmed it to be true, and found the responsible code. Following the cited backport, errata have their package lists stored in a separate database collection. Any code that wants to use the "pkglist" attribute of an erratum depends on the fact that the package list data has been loaded from the DB. A code path only present in the older code base did not proactively facilitate loading the package list data, and thus the errata appeared to have empty package lists when they got used.

** Next Steps:

ttereshc is planning to create a patch that causes each of the errata to have its package list populated before it is used for determining which RPMs to install. We will test that patch on an internal reproducer and report back.

*** Bug 1482017 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Verified in Satellite 6.2.11 Async 2.

Before the fix, I was able to reproduce the issue on both RHEL6 and RHEL7 systems. See attached for before errata install task completion. Also see the yum info below. After the fix, both RHEL6 and RHEL7 correctly applied the errata. See attached verification screenshots. I'm also including the relevant logs for both satellites while they were applying the errata.

-bash-4.2# yum info curl
Loaded plugins: enabled_repos_upload, package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Installed Packages
Name        : curl
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 7.29.0
Release     : 35.el7
Size        : 527 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : beaker-Server
Summary     : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
URL         : http://curl.haxx.se/
License     : MIT
Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
            : FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP,
            : SMTP, POP3 and RTSP.  curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP
            : uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
            : authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer
            : resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Available Packages
Name        : curl
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 7.29.0
Release     : 42.el7
Size        : 267 k
Repo        : rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64
Summary     : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
URL         : http://curl.haxx.se/
License     : MIT
Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
            : FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP,
            : SMTP, POP3 and RTSP.  curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP
            : uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
            : authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer
            : resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Uploading Enabled Reposistories Report
Loaded plugins: product-id

----- attempted to install errata -----

-bash-4.2# yum info curl
Loaded plugins: enabled_repos_upload, package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Installed Packages
Name        : curl
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 7.29.0
Release     : 35.el7
Size        : 527 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : beaker-Server
Summary     : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
URL         : http://curl.haxx.se/
License     : MIT
Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
            : FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP,
            : SMTP, POP3 and RTSP.  curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP
            : uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
            : authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer
            : resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Available Packages
Name        : curl
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 7.29.0
Release     : 42.el7
Size        : 267 k
Repo        : rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64
Summary     : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
URL         : http://curl.haxx.se/
License     : MIT
Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
            : FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP,
            : SMTP, POP3 and RTSP.  curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP
            : uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
            : authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer
            : resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Uploading Enabled Reposistories Report
Loaded plugins: product-id

----- installed errata after fix -----

-bash-4.2# yum info curl
Loaded plugins: enabled_repos_upload, package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Installed Packages
Name        : curl
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 7.29.0
Release     : 42.el7
Size        : 527 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : rhel-7-server-rpms
Summary     : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
URL         : http://curl.haxx.se/
License     : MIT
Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
            : FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP,
            : SMTP, POP3 and RTSP.  curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP
            : uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password
            : authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer
            : resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.

Uploading Enabled Reposistories Report
Loaded plugins: product-id

Created attachment 1314383 [details]
before fix

Created attachment 1314384 [details]
after fix rhel7

Created attachment 1314385 [details]
after fix rhel6

Created attachment 1314386 [details]
rhel6 sat logs

Created attachment 1314387 [details]
rhel7 sat logs

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, 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/RHBA-2017:2487