Bootstrap repo creation fails with error

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Environment

SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.2

Situation

Running the command "mgr-create-bootstrap-repo --with-parent-channel=ubuntu-18.04-pool-amd64" results in the following error:

Creating bootstrap repo for ubuntu-18.04-amd64
copy 'python3-immutables-0.11-1.all-deb'
copy 'python3-contextvars-2.4-1.all-deb'
ERROR: '/srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/ubuntu/18/4/bootstrap.tmp/debs/libnorm1-1.5r6+dfsg1-6.amd64-deb.deb' cannot be included as 'pool/main/n/norm/libnorm1_1.5r6+dfsg1-6_amd64.deb'.
Already existing files can only be included again, if they are the same, but:
md5 expected: d9655108be5fb233f9bdefd6546d11df, got: e91364a226017cd085ffc66be398caac
sha1 expected: b83c8fcc3d4cfb9fae149769006c3e0af43b4dbb, got: effc39d89cae0bb7ae51ec7f25ab48f739c7f28b
sha256 expected: d1a2ea0ca27834bf135382d733ef004f0817c37fa06cf505ab50f75c3ef82c36, got: d16894811280faa258b132786870b9adfc264d50bf844c0ee990291114652da9
size expected: 224464, got: 224492

Resolution

Use the following command to flush the target bootstrap repository folder and regenerate the contents:

# mgr-create-bootstrap-repo --create ubuntu-18.04-amd64 --with-custom-channels --flush

Cause

The bootstrap repository folder contained corrupted or otherwise invalid files.

Status

Top Issue

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