Description of problem: A problem occurs when registering with an activation key which try to install an already installed package though the spacewalk proxy. Then, the deployment of configuration files failed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.8 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an activation key associated with packages 2. Install manually theses packages 3. Register the system Actual results: Package Install scheduled by (none) Client execution returned "Error while executing packages action: empty transaction [[6]]" (code -1) Then : Schedule a config deploy for activation key scheduled by (none) This action requires the successful completion of a prior action before it can be rescheduled Expected results: Additional info:
What client packages do you use? More specifically, what does rpm -qa | grep rhn | sort return on that client machine?
(In reply to comment #1) > What client packages do you use? More specifically, what does > > rpm -qa | grep rhn | sort > > return on that client machine? rhncfg-5.10.24-2.fc17 rhncfg-actions-5.10.24-2.fc17 hncfg-client-5.10.24-2.fc17 rhncfg-management-5.10.24-2.fc17 rhn-check-1.6.47-1.fc16 rhn-client-tools-1.6.47-1.fc16 rhn-custom-info-5.4.13-2.fc17 rhnlib-2.5.49-2.fc17 rhnmd-5.3.10-2.fc17 rhnsd-4.9.14-2.fc17 rhn-setup-1.6.47-1.fc16 yum-rhn-plugin-1.6.16-2.fc17
I'd recommend upgrading your client packages to the one in Spacewalk 1.9 client repos on your Fedora 17.
(In reply to comment #3) > I'd recommend upgrading your client packages to the one in Spacewalk 1.9 > client repos on your Fedora 17. Thx, now it's working with theses packages : osad-5.11.10-1.fc17.noarch rhncfg-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch rhncfg-actions-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch rhncfg-client-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch rhncfg-management-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch rhn-check-1.8.26-1.fc17.noarch rhn-client-tools-1.8.26-1.fc17.noarch rhn-custom-info-5.4.14-1.fc17.noarch rhnlib-2.5.55-1.fc17.noarch rhnmd-5.3.11-1.fc17.noarch rhnsd-4.9.14-2.fc17.i686 rhn-setup-1.8.26-1.fc17.noarch yum-rhn-plugin-1.8.8-1.fc17.noarch
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > I'd recommend upgrading your client packages to the one in Spacewalk 1.9 > > client repos on your Fedora 17. > > Thx, now it's working with theses packages : > > osad-5.11.10-1.fc17.noarch > rhncfg-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch > rhncfg-actions-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch > rhncfg-client-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch > rhncfg-management-5.10.36-1.fc17.noarch > rhn-check-1.8.26-1.fc17.noarch > rhn-client-tools-1.8.26-1.fc17.noarch Thank you for the confirmation. I'm going to close this bugzilla now.
This BZ closed some time during 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7. Adding to 2.7 tracking bug.