Description of problem:
Customer is unable to patch solaris machines through Satellite for certain solaris patches. For example - they must apply solaris patch PSE400SOL049 to their machines. Unfortunately, this is not possible because it does not match our predefined regex for patch names in the RHN solaris client, which has regex PNAMERE = re.compile("([^ ]+)-([0-9][0-9])") on line 32 of /opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/solaris/loader.py. The problem is 3rd party ISVs don't necessarily adhere to this format. For example, Citrix does not.

Sample traceback:
[$?] \! # up2date --showall | grep SUNWxwfnt
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/usr/bin/up2date", line 236, in ?
  main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/usr/bin/up2date", line 209, in main
  exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/up2date/interface.py", line 209, in run
  pkgs = self.getRHNPackages(latest=True)
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/up2date/interface.py", line 56, in getRHNPackages
  if reload: self._ctrl.reloadChannels()
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 375, in reloadChannels
  self._cache.load()
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/solaris/loader.py", line 78, in load
  for info in self.getInfoList():
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/solaris/loader.py", line 157, in getInfoList
  info = parsePatchLine(entry.rstrip())
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/solaris/loader.py", line 515, in parsePatchLine
  info = createPatchInfo(patch, packages, requires, obsoletes, conflicts)
File "/opt/redhat/rhn/solaris/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/solaris/loader.py", line 550, in createPatchInfo
  (name, prvversion) = m.groups()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'groups'

def createPatchInfo(patch, packages, requires, obsoletes, conflicts):
   info = {"provides": [], "depends": [], "conflicts": [], "upgrades": []}
   m = PNAMERE.match(patch)
   (name, prvversion) = m.groups()
   name = "patch-solaris-" + name

This takes the results of a showrev -p, the output of which is:
Patch: PSE4000SOL049 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: CTXSmf

The regex must allow PSE4000SOL049 to pass.

Seems we need to either get rid of the regex, or change it to include the more varied patch names. Not sure if there is a Solaris standard for this, so we may be better off letting everything through. If we keep the regex, consider throwing an exception as well, so we don't get traceback & NoneType exceptions in the future.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite & Solaris client 5.2

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upload solaris patch that does not confirm to the "([^ ]+)-([0-9][0-9])" naming convention - such as PSE400SOL049 - to a solaris-enabled 5.2 satellite in appropriate channel.
2. Register solaris client and try to up2date or up2date --showall.

Actual results:
up2date fails with above traceback

Expected results:
up2date succeeds 

Additional info:
Asked but weren't able to get the solaris patch in question to replicate internally.