Red Hat Satellite 6 upgrade failing due to dependency errors.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

  • When attempting to install/upgrade Red Hat Satellite server the process failed with dependency errors.

       ---> Package tfm-rubygem-timeliness.noarch 0:0.3.10-1.el7sat will be installed
   --> Finished Dependency Resolution
   Error: Package: candlepin-selinux-2.9.30-1.el7sat.noarch (rhel-7-server-satellite-6.7-rpms)
              Requires: selinux-policy >= 3.13.1-266.el7_8.1
              Installed: selinux-policy-3.13.1-252.el7_7.6.noarch (@rhel-7-server-rpms)
                  selinux-policy = 3.13.1-252.el7_7.6
              Available: selinux-policy-3.12.1-153.el7.noarch (rhel-7-server-rpms)
                  selinux-policy = 3.12.1-153.el7

Resolution

  • Unset the OS release version.

       # subscription-manager release --unset
   # yum clean all

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x upgrade failures due to dependency errors, please refer to the Resolving Red Hat Satellite 6.x upgrade failures due to dependency issues KB article.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Installation/Upgrade/Update Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Installation/Upgrade/Update Issues.

Root Cause

  • OS release version is set to RHEL 7.7 or below.

       # subscription-manager release --show
   Release: 7.7
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