Recently added packages in custom SMT repository are not available to clients

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2

Situation

When adding packages to a custom repository exported by Subscription Management Tool (SMT), the added packages cannot be found by the clients.

Resolution

Install the package createrepo from the SLE11 Software Development Kit to update the repository metadata using

createrepo -v /srv/www/htdocs/repo/\$RCE/custom_reponame

and then refresh the repo information on the client using

zypper refresh

Cause

While creating or updating a custom SMT repository the metadata for the files provided in the subdirectory

repodata/filelists.xml.gz
repodata/other.xml.gz
repodata/primary.xml.gz
repodata/repomd.xml

need to be current as well.

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