Description of problem:

The packages update on RHEL 8 host from Satellite Web UI using katello-agent is failing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Satellite Version 6.7(beta)

How reproducible:


1.) Create a host collection on Satellite Web UI and add RHEL 8 host in the same.

2.)  On Satellite web UI >> Host >> Host Collections >> Click on the Host Collections >> From the Actions tab  Select "Package Installation, Removal, and Update" >> Select Update all Package.

3.)  A task will be generated on the Satellite server and will be completed successfully but no package will be updated on the client.



Actual results:

- No package got updated on RHEL 8 host.

Expected results:

-  All packages should be updated on RHEL8 content host


Additional info:

The following errors are observed on the RHEL 8 hosts /var/log/messages.

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Feb 20 02:00:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [INFO][worker-0] dnf.plugin:82 - Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:187 - timer: sack setup: 10765 ms
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:574 - Getting group metadata
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:585 - Adding group file from repository: rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:585 - Adding group file from repository: rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:585 - Adding group file from repository: satellite-tools-6-beta-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:187 - timer: loading comps: 74 ms
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]:  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/plugin.py", line 102, in _caller
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]:    getattr(plugin, method)()
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]:  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/product-id.py", line 59, in transaction
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]:    if len(self.base.transaction) == 0:
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 env[26042]: TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [CRITICAL][worker-0] dnf:106 - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/plugin.py", line 102, in _caller getattr(plugin, method)() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/product-id.py", line 59, in transaction if len(self.base.transaction) == 0: TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
Feb 20 02:01:34 vm251-92 goferd[26062]: [DDEBUG][worker-0] dnf:470 - Cleaning up.
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