Red Hat Satellite server upgrade to version 6.10 failed with multiple tfm-rubygem package dependency errors.

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.10

Issue

• Upgrade to Red Hat Satellite v6.10 from the previous version failed with the below error message:

  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-qpid_messaging-1.36.0-9.el7sat.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-zest-0.0.4-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-awesome_print-1.8.0-3.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-ethon-0.12.0-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-fog-xenserver-0.2.3-4.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-pulp_docker_client-4.0.0b6.dev01562331743-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.7-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-typhoeus-1.3.1-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
    
  Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-trollop-2.1.2-3.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)   
  

• Red Hat Satellite server upgrade to version 6.10 failed with multiple tfm-rubygem package dependency errors.

Resolution

• Remove the packages from the Satellite server that are causing the dependency issue.

  # rpm -ev --nodeps tfm-rubygem-qpid_messaging tfm-rubygem-zest tfm-rubygem-awesome_print tfm-rubygem-ethon tfm-rubygem-fog-xenserver tfm-rubygem-pulp_docker_client tfm-rubygem-typhoeus tfm-rubygem-trollop
  

  ######NOTE: Take a snapshot or complete backup of the Satellite server before removing the packages.

• If you encounter yum dependency errors related to rubygem-sinatra and rubygem-rack-protection packages then please have a look at: Satellite upgrade fails due to orphaned RPMs: rubygem-sinatra, rubygem-rack-protection

Root Cause

• Packages installed from the older version satellite repositories are still present on the Red Hat Satellite server which are causing the yum update to fail.

Diagnostic Steps

• Verify the complete error message before removing the packages.

     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-qpid_messaging-1.36.0-9.el7sat.x86_64 (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby(release)
             Removing: rh-ruby25-ruby-libs-2.5.9-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-zest-0.0.4-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-rubygem(json) >= 2.1.0
             Removing: rh-ruby25-rubygem-json-2.1.0-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-awesome_print-1.8.0-3.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby(rubygems)
             Removing: rh-ruby25-rubygems-2.7.6.3-9.el7.noarch (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-ethon-0.12.0-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby
             Removing: rh-ruby25-ruby-2.5.9-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-fog-xenserver-0.2.3-4.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-rubygems
             Removing: rh-ruby25-rubygems-2.7.6.3-9.el7.noarch (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-pulp_docker_client-4.0.0b6.dev01562331743-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.7-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby(release)
             Removing: rh-ruby25-ruby-libs-2.5.9-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-typhoeus-1.3.1-1.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.6-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby
             Removing: rh-ruby25-ruby-2.5.9-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  
     Error: Package: tfm-rubygem-trollop-2.1.2-3.el7sat.noarch (@rhel-7-server-satellite-6.5-rpms)
             Requires: rh-ruby25-ruby(release)
             Removing: rh-ruby25-ruby-libs-2.5.9-9.el7.x86_64 (@rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms)
  

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