Basic gist of the original comment is that the regex used in /usr/bin/apply_errata in the getSysId() method should be: pattern = re.compile(">ID-([0-9]{10})<") not pattern = re.compile("[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]") The latter will pick up the first 10-digit number it finds in the file, which can be something other than the sysId. Thanks for the patch Dimitar, committing to Spacewalk master as 8563013e13a6b6166bce4bc6c9e130b5c9d95ba2
This issue is resolved with the release of RHN Satellite 5.5. As of September 20th 2012, RHN Satellite 5.5 has been generally available. Release Notes and other 5.5 documentation can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/ The associated Errata for the 5.5 release are: 5.5 Satellite GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1296.html 5.5 Upgrade Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1298.html 5.5 RHN Proxy GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1297.html 5.5 RHN Tools GA Errata - http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-1299.html Regards, Clifford - Engineering Manager, Satellite