Created attachment 471197 [details]
Patched '/usr/sbin/rhn-channel' python script

1 ) Description of problem:

'rhn-channel' command fails with a traceback when executed either with 'username/password' as arguments or without any arguments. The traceback is as follows :

<snip>
rhn-channel:92:main:NameError: global name 'rhnserver' is not defined

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 98, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 92, in main
    s = rhnserver.RhnServer()
NameError: global name 'rhnserver' is not defined

Local variables in innermost frame:
</snip>

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

<snip>
# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0 (Santiago)
# rpm -qf `which rhn-channel`
rhn-setup-1.0.0-39.el6.noarch
</snip>

3 ) How reproducible:

Reproducible every time 'rhn-channel' is executed.

4 ) Steps to Reproduce:

 a. Execute the command 'rhn-channel' either with '-u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD>' or without any arguments.

 b. It tracebacks in both cases :

<snip>
(First try, without arguments)

# rhn-channel 
Username: admin
Password: ******

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 103, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 97, in main
    s = rhnserver.RhnServer()
NameError: global name 'rhnserver' is not defined

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(Second try, with arguments)

# rhn-channel -u admin -p redhat
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 103, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn-channel", line 97, in main
    s = rhnserver.RhnServer()
NameError: global name 'rhnserver' is not defined
</snip>

5 ) Expected results:

The command 'rhn-channel' should return a list of lists of packages with their major/minor versions as shown below :

# rhn-channel -u admin -p redhat
[['ConsoleKit', '0.4.1', '3.el6', ''], ['ConsoleKit-libs', '0.4.1', '3.el6', ''], ['ConsoleKit-x11', '0.4.1', '3.el6', ''], ['DeviceKit-power', '014', '1.el6', ''], ['ElectricFence', '2.2.2', '28.el6', ''], ['GConf2', '2.28.0', '6.el6', ''], ['GConf2-devel', '2.28.0', '6.el6', ''], ['GConf2-gtk', '2.28.0', '6.el6', ''], ['ImageMagick', '6.5.4.7', '5.el6', ''], ['ImageMagick-c++', '6.5.4.7', '5.el6', ''], ['MAKEDEV', '3.24', '6.el6', ''], ['ModemManager', '0.4.0', '3.git20100628.el6', ''], ['MySQL-python', '1.2.3', '0.3.c1.1.el6', ''], ['NetworkManager', '0.8.1', '5.el6_0.1', '1'], ['NetworkManager-glib', '0.8.1', '5.el6_0.1', '1'], ['NetworkManager-gnome', '0.8.1', '5.el6_0.1', '1'], ['NetworkManager-openswan', '0.8.0', '5.20100411git.el6', ''], ['ORBit2', '2.14.17', '3.1.el6', ''], ['ORBit2-devel', '2.14.17', '3.1.el6', ''], ['OpenEXR-libs', '1.6.1', '8.1.el6', '']....
..]

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Note: 

A patched '/usr/sbin/rhn-channel' file is attached along with this bugzilla. The diff output is below :

<snip>
# diff -pruN  /usr/sbin/rhn-channel.orig /usr/sbin/rhn-channel
--- /usr/sbin/rhn-channel.orig	2010-12-30 20:34:05.063200320 +0530
+++ /usr/sbin/rhn-channel	2010-12-30 20:34:38.526202320 +0530
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import os
 import socket
 import sys
 import getpass
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append('/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/')
+import rhnserver
 
 from optparse import Option, OptionParser
</snip>

Regards,

Vimal