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Bug 1658409 - redhat.repo file grows in size on order n^2
Summary: redhat.repo file grows in size on order n^2
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: subscription-manager
Version: 8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Alex Wood
QA Contact: Red Hat subscription-manager QE Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-12 01:01 UTC by John Sefler
Modified: 2019-08-09 14:21 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-06-14 01:34:52 UTC
Type: Bug
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Github candlepin subscription-manager pull 2006 0 None closed 1658409: Stop redhat.repo from growing exponentially 2020-04-15 10:23:14 UTC

Description John Sefler 2018-12-12 01:01:58 UTC 
Description of problem:

Below is a simple example that shows how the redhat.repo can grow in size very quickly.  Although this use case looks benign, our automated tests are encountering some redhat.repo configurations that are very large and even contain duplicate repoids (at this time I don't know how to manually recreate the duplicate repoids), nevertheless below is a simple scenario to show the file growing.  Moreover, this does not happen on prior RHEL7.6 release.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 2.3.11-1
subscription management rules: 5.30
subscription-manager: 1.23.8-6.el8


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
cat: /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo: No such file or directory
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager register --serverurl=subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com --username=stage_auto_testuser --auto-attach
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: 9774d3c8-82d5-4a48-92ec-90c7644a2839
The registered system name is: ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager remove --all
1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager remove --all
1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager remove --all
1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager attach --auto
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# subscription-manager remove --all
1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 
[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

[root@ibm-x3650m4-02-vm-04 ~]# 





Actual results:
  above

Expected results:
  notice the size of the "empty" redhat.repo is doubling

Additional info:
Comment 9 Craig Donnelly 2019-01-16 18:53:23 UTC 
VERIFIED against subscription-manager-1.23.8-14.el8:

[root@unused ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.23.8-14.el8.x86_64

[root@unused ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo 
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#
[root@unused ~]# 
[root@unused ~]# 
[root@unused ~]# for i in {1..5};do subscription-manager attach --auto;subscription-manager remove --all;cat /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo;done
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#

Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 High Touch Beta
Status:       Subscribed

1 local certificate has been deleted.
1 subscription removed at the server.
#
# Certificate-Based Repositories
# Managed by (rhsm) subscription-manager
#
# *** This file is auto-generated.  Changes made here will be over-written. ***
# *** Use "subscription-manager repo-override --help" if you wish to make changes. ***
#
# If this file is empty and this system is subscribed consider
# a "yum repolist" to refresh available repos
#
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