If you run 'rm -rf /var/cache/yum/i686/16/*' on the client, does that fix it?

I haven't upgraded to SW 1.6, but on 1.5, the yum cache for yum-rhn-plugin is not properly cleared by 'yum clean all', and it may take some time for the client to update it's cache of the available packages from SW.

Jonathan

On 02/03/2012 09:58 AM, Alan Pittman wrote:
Hi.
I've encountered an interesting issue with Spacewalk 1.6 and Fedora16. If I run yum check-update, the F16 client doesn't see the available packages in the Spacewalk repository. If I logon to the Spacewalk GUI, Spacewalk will report that there are available RPMs for updating. If I activate the fedora-updates.repo and run yum check-update, updated packages are seen and reported as available for download and applying. I'm confused. I'm not seeing anything in any log files that would give me an indication that there is a problem. Of course, I may not be looking in the correct locations.
Configuration:
On the client side:
Client server: Fedora16
Spacewalk packages:
rhnsd-4.9.14-1.fc16.i686
rhn-check-1.7.8-1.fc16.noarch
rhn-setup-1.7.8-1.fc16.noarch
rhnlib-2.5.51-1.fc16.noarch
rhn-client-tools-1.7.8-1.fc16.noarch
yum-rhn-plugin-1.6.16-1.fc16.noarch
m2crypto-0.21.1-5.fc16.i686
Spacewalk Server:  RHEL6.2
Spacewalk database:  Postgresql
postgresql-server-8.4.9-1.el6_1.1.x86_64
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
postgresql-jdbc-8.4.701-3.el6.x86_64
postgresql-docs-8.4.9-1.el6_1.1.x86_64
spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-postgresql-1.5.1-1.el6.noarch
postgresql-8.4.9-1.el6_1.1.x86_64
postgresql-libs-8.4.9-1.el6_1.1.x86_64
postgresql-devel-8.4.9-1.el6_1.1.x86_64
postgresql-odbc-08.04.0200-1.el6.x86_64
Spacewalk packages:
spacewalk-branding-1.6.4-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-sql-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-search-1.6.8-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-html-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-tools-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-lib-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-sniglets-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-config-1.6.4-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-selinux-1.6.2-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-remote-utils-1.6.8-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-certs-tools-1.6.7-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-setup-1.6.5-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-common-1.5.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-admin-1.6.3-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-monitoring-selinux-1.6.2-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-monitoring-1.4.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-iss-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-pxt-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-taskomatic-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xp-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-base-minimal-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-server-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacecmd-1.6.11-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-doc-indexes-1.1.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-grail-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-postgresql-1.5.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-setup-jabberd-1.6.5-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-applet-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-base-1.6.38-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-schema-1.6.42-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-config-1.6.102-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-jpp-workaround-1.0.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-app-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.6.66-1.el6.noarch
perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.10-3.el6.noarch
spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-1.el6.noarch
Alan
Alan Pittman
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
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alan.pitt...@publix.com
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