Description of problem: When comparing packages between 2 systems: If you compare sysA to sysB RHN shows difference, but does not allow sync to add the packages. However, If you compare sysB to sysA it shows 188 packages to delete to sync. In short, RHN provisioning does not seem to allow to 'sync' when packages need to be added, only removed for sync. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.2.5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: * Login to RHN Hosted 1.) register a system with profile name tpapaioa-a 2.) re-register the system as tpapaioa-b 3.) install new package "zsh" from RHN 4.) add provisioning entitlements to both system profiles. 5.) go into tpapaioa-b profile and compare it to tpapaioa-a: zsh 4.2.6-3.el5:0 This system only 6.) go into tpapaioa-a profile and compare it to tpapaioa-b: "No differences." Actual results: 6.) go into tpapaioa-a profile and compare it to tpapaioa-b: "No differences." Expected results: Correct/Consistent results Additional info: This issue is not reproducible on RHN Satellite 5.3.0
*** Bug 235124 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 458166 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Verified in dev. cross checked in qa to see the differance. compared these systems in respective environments: QA System-de22b86 System-d3a921f DEV System-4989ba1 System-5942b7e
verified in webqa.