Description of problem:

ISS of base Red Hat channels works, however ISS of custom channels is not working w/ an upgraded satellite as the parent.

getting 
08:25:06 
08:25:06 Linking packages to channels
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SYNC ERROR: unhandled exception occurred:

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Could not find object [<server.importlib.importLib.IncompletePackage instance; attributes={'channels': {162: 'westest2'}, 'package_arch_id': 101, 'name': 'testAutoFile', 'md5sum': '9bd756946e61401edeedafc7b14ffa80', 'org_id': 2, 'epoch': '0', 'package_size': 1970, 'nevra_id': 6041, 'package_id': 'rhn-package-13661', 'version': '1', 'name_id': 2662, 'last_modified': '2009-07-16 17:13:46', 'release': '1.0', 'arch': 'i386', 'evr_id': 2423}] in table rhnPackage


recreate
1. upgrade 520 external x86_64 -> sat530 external x86_64
2. setup ISS
3. sync a base channel (success)
4. In a new org create a custom channel, push packages to the channel
5. from another 530 satellite try to ISS the custom channel



08:24:10 
SYNC ERROR: unhandled exception occurred:

Exception reported from grandprix.rhndev.redhat.com
Time: Tue Jul 21 08:24:10 2009
Exception type server.importlib.importLib.InvalidPackageError

Exception Handler Information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/satellite-sync", line 142, in main
    return satsync.Runner().main()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 211, in main
    ret = method()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 323, in _step_packages
    self._affected_channels = self.syncer.import_packages()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 1672, in import_packages
    return self._link_channel_packages()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/satsync.py", line 1699, in _link_channel_packages
    importer = sync_handlers.link_channel_packages(uq_pkg_data)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/sync_handlers.py", line 440, in link_channel_packages
    importer.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/importlib/importLib.py", line 628, in run
    self.submit()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/importlib/packageImport.py", line 114, in submit
    self.backend.lookupPackages(self.batch)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/importlib/backend.py", line 515, in lookupPackages
    self.__lookupObjectCollection(packages, 'rhnPackage', ignore_missing)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/server/importlib/backend.py", line 1762, in __lookupObjectCollection
    raise InvalidPackageError(object, "Could not find object %s in table %s" % (object, tableName))
InvalidPackageError: Could not find object [<server.importlib.importLib.IncompletePackage instance; attributes={'channels': {161: 'wescustom'}, 'package_arch_id': 101, 'name': 'testAutoFile', 'md5sum': '9bd756946e61401edeedafc7b14ffa80', 'org_id': 2, 'epoch': '0', 'package_size': 1970, 'nevra_id': 6041, 'package_id': 'rhn-package-13661', 'version': '1', 'name_id': 2662, 'last_modified': '2009-07-16 17:13:46', 'release': '1.0', 'arch': 'i386', 'evr_id': 2423}] in table rhnPackage