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Bug 2073558 - subscription-manager release setting is not landing in the redhat.repo file
Summary: subscription-manager release setting is not landing in the redhat.repo file
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: subscription-manager
Version: 8.6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.6
Assignee: Pino Toscano
QA Contact: Red Hat subscription-manager QE Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 2074111
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-08 19:42 UTC by John Sefler
Modified: 2022-05-10 16:40 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: subscription-manager-1.28.29-3.el8
Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 2074111 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-05-10 15:23:24 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
pm-rhel: mirror+

Attachments (Terms of Use)


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github candlepin subscription-manager pull 3031 0 None Merged [1.28.29] 2073558: clear the release cache on release change 2022-04-13 14:40:46 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-118443 0 None None None 2022-04-08 19:45:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2022:2047 0 None None None 2022-05-10 15:23:40 UTC

Description John Sefler 2022-04-08 19:42:47 UTC 
Description of problem:
On an RC compose of RHEL8.6 with a GA product subscription attached, subscription-manager release --list correctly reports the available listing file.  However, when using subscription-manager --set to pin the release repo paths to a specific cdn path, the "$releasever" variable in the repo paths is NOT getting replaced by the release setting.  This is a regression from RHEL8.5 GA behavior and affects all consumers of extended update support content.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
DISTRO=RHEL-8.6.0-20220407.0
[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager version
server type: This system is currently not registered.
subscription management server: 3.2.22-1
subscription management rules: 5.41
subscription-manager: 1.28.29-2.el8

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager register --auto-attach --serverurl=subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: stage_rhsmqe_testuser01
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: cee7787e-0e06-4351-a066-34cd8240e322
The registered system name is: kvm-06-guest14.hv2.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Status:       Subscribed

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42   <===== PASSED: MANY GA REPOS PATHS IN redhat.repo EMPLOY '$releasever'

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager release --list
+-------------------------------------------+
          Available Releases
+-------------------------------------------+
8
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.5
Release set to: 8.5

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42   <====== FAILED: EXPECTED ZERO WHEN A RELEASE HAS BEEN SET BY SUBSCRIPTION-MANAGER

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/supplementary/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/$releasever/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
FAILED: Expected all of the $releasever variables in the paths above to be substituted with the "8.5" value that was set using "subscription-manager --set=8.5".

Actual results:
  above

Expected results:
  all occurrences of $releasever in /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo should be substituted with the set release value.



Additional info:
Observe that this cache file is stale (and that manually removing it restores the expected results)...

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": null}

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager release
Release: 8.5

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42   <===== FAILED: EXPECTED ZERO

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.5
Release set to: 8.5

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
0   <===== PASSED

[root@kvm-06-guest14 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": "8.5"}
Comment 6 John Sefler 2022-04-13 17:52:30 UTC 
Pre-verification testing of build...

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.28.29-3.el8.x86_64
[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager --changelog | grep 2073558 -B10
* Wed Apr 13 2022 Christopher Snyder <csnyder> 1.28.29-3
- refresh: clear also the release status (ptoscano)
- 2073558: clear the release cache on release change (ptoscano)

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager register --auto-attach --serverurl=subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: stage_rhsmqe_testuser01 
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: fe9c9f5f-5fe2-4de6-9313-1347fac1a774
The registered system name is: hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16.hpe2.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Status:       Subscribed

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42      <===== 42 OF THE ENTITLED REPO PATHS USE A $releasever VARIABLE

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release --list
+-------------------------------------------+
          Available Releases
+-------------------------------------------+
8
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.5
Release set to: 8.5

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
0       <===== PASSED: THE $relasever VARIABLE HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release  --unset
Release preference has been unset

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42      <===== PASSED: THE $relasever VARIABLE HAS BEEN RESTORED AFTER RELEASE IS UNSET

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8
Release set to: 8

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
0       <===== PASSED: THE $relasever VARIABLE HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED AGAIN

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.9
No releases match '8.9'.  Consult 'release --list' for a full listing.

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.4
Release set to: 8.4

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# egrep '$releasever|8\.4' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.9/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.10/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.8/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.5/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/supplementary/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/appstream/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/baseos/os
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.6/debug
baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/eus/rhel8/8.4/x86_64/sat-tools/6.7/source/SRPMS
                                                   ^^^
                                                   ^^^
                                                   ^^^
                                                   ^^^
PASSED: All 42 REPO PATHS WITH $releasever HAVE BEEN SUBSTITUTED WITH THE MOST RECENTLY SET RELEASE VALUE


Additional pre-verification for the refresh command...
[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": "8.4"}

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# subscription-manager refresh
All local data refreshed

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
cat: /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json: No such file or directory

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# yum repolist --disablerepo=beaker*
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
repo id                                                        repo name
rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms                               Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs)
rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms                                  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)

[root@hpe-dl380pgen8-02-vm-16 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": "8.4"}

PASSED: THE REFRESH COMMAND CLEARS THE CACHED releasever AND SUBSEQUENT CALLS TO YUM RE-CASHED THE PREVIOUSLY SET RELEASE 



Verified:Tested against fixed in version subscription-manager-1.28.29-3.el8
Comment 9 John Sefler 2022-04-14 20:12:50 UTC 
**  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **
                 This System is reserved by jsefler.

      Beaker Test information:
                         HOSTNAME=kvm-07-guest32.hv2.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
                            JOBID=6510028
                         RECIPEID=11797275
                    RESULT_SERVER=
                           DISTRO=RHEL-8.6.0-20220414.2
                     ARCHITECTURE=x86_64

**  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **  **
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager
subscription-manager-1.28.29-3.el8.x86_64
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager --changelog | grep 2073558 -B10
* Wed Apr 13 2022 Christopher Snyder <csnyder> 1.28.29-3
- refresh: clear also the release status (ptoscano)
- 2073558: clear the release cache on release change (ptoscano)
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# subscription-manager register --auto-attach --serverurl=subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com
Registering to: subscription.rhsm.stage.redhat.com:443/subscription
Username: stage_rhsmqe_testuser01
Password: 
The system has been registered with ID: f971e6ef-ff23-4936-bbb2-29b2eb7aa338
The registered system name is: kvm-07-guest32.hv2.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com
Installed Product Current Status:
Product Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Status:       Subscribed

[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# subscription-manager release --list
+-------------------------------------------+
          Available Releases
+-------------------------------------------+
8
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# subscription-manager release --set=8.3
Release set to: 8.3
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
0
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# subscription-manager release --unset
Release preference has been unset
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# grep '$releasever' /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo | wc --lines
42
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
{"releaseVer": ""}
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# subscription-manager refresh
All local data refreshed
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# cat /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json
cat: /var/lib/rhsm/cache/releasever.json: No such file or directory
[root@kvm-07-guest32 ~]# 


VERIFIED: nightly compose RHEL-8.6.0-20220414.2 includes subscription-manager-1.28.29-3.el8 which includes the fix for bug 2073558 as demonstrated above and comment 6
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 15:23:24 UTC 
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 (subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2022:2047
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