Hi all,
after fixing my problems with the errata import, I found another problem
with Debian...especially with
Debian "stretch" and SW 2.7. At least, I did not yet see a major (or
even minor) error with Debian jessie on SW 2.7
I can successfully deploy a Debian stretch system via SW 2.7, register
it and install packages.
The "installed" packages on the client is reported to SW. No problem so far.
But, even if SW reports, that there are no newer packages in SW for the
client, and I have done
"apt-get upgrade" several times, the "client" does not recognize, that a
particular package
is already installed. I can install (for example "adduser") with
"apt-get install adduser"
over and over again. It does not tell.."that package is already
installed with the newest version"
The client also reports, that it installes the "same" version above "the
already" installed version of this package.
So, for example, my freshly installed debian system has 372 packages.
After installation, "apt-get upgrade", it "always" upgrades about 260
packages again and again and again.
Also after applying
https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/DebianUbuntuSupportIn27
on the client. It does not change. What is changed then, if that the
"installed" packages is correctly "reflected" in the SW WebUI for that
system.
I *think*, that the problem is located on the client, especially in the
"improvement of apt" in Debian 9 (see
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#apt-improvements
and https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/Format )
...
If the following fields exist in the control file of a .deb file they
also must exist in the record about the package in the Packages file and
the value must match /exactly/ or a client might recognize a metadata
mismatch and redownloads/reinstalls a package:
* Depends et al
* Installed-Size
* Multi-Arch
...
I know that the "Multi-Arch" header is not written to the packages list
(see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243387) and the
workaround mentioned there (that I use for debian jessie) does not work
here. The "Multi-Arch" header often has different values.
I just want to know, if anybody can confirm this behavior.
Next time I'm in the office, I'll try to modify the packages list to add
the "Multi-Arch" headers (and their) values to the packages list and
see, if this is really the problem.
Kind regards,
Robert
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