Description of problem: New snapshot is not created when child channel is added/removed via spacewalk-channel. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Satellite [541|550] How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create Custom Base Channel and Custom Child Channel. 2. Register a System. 3. Set the "Custom Base Channel" as a Base channel for the system. 4. Add "Custom Child Channel" to the system using spacewalk-channel spacewalk-channel --add -c ${CHILD_CUSTOM_CHANNEL} --user=${RHN_USER} --password=${RHN_PASS}" Actual results: When the child chanel is added new snapshot is not created in Systems -> the System profile -> Provisioning -> Snapshots Expected results: New snapshot is created. Additional info: The same issue was solve for API calls in Bug 809579 - New snapshot is not created when Entitlements are added to a system via API.
Bug 854581 - New snapshot is not created when child channel is added/removed via API.
*** Bug 854581 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
As rhn-channel is a symlink to spacewalk-channel ll /usr/sbin/rhn-channel lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Mar 7 14:48 /usr/sbin/rhn-channel -> spacewalk-channel this looks like a duplicate of Bug 857635. Closing. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 857635 ***