[Spacewalk-list] Kickstart Create Distribution Error - Traceback Included (NIGHTLY)

[Steven Crothers]

Hello everyone, I've been working on trying to fix a few bugs that
I've recently been running into with Spacewalk.

I was wondering if anyone has run into this specific issue yet.

Bugzilla Ticket:
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832617

Environment:
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CentOS 6.2 Latest w/ Fasttrack Patches
PostgreSQL 8.4.11
Spacewalk installed on PostgreSQL

Steps to reproduce:
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System -> Kickstart -> Distributions
+ Create New Distribution
Label: centos-6-x86_64
Tree Path: /var/kickstart/centos-6-x86_64
Base Channel: CentOS 6 x86_64
Installer Generation: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Kernel Options: NULL
Post Kernel Options: NULL
* Create Kickstart Distribution
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR

Traceback:
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2012-06-15 20:00:52,594 [TP-Processor1] WARN
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor - Unhandled Exception
thrown: class java.lang.NullPointerException
2012-06-15 20:00:52,594 [TP-Processor1] ERROR
com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SessionFilter - Error during
transaction. Rolling back
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:520)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:427)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.struts.RhnRequestProcessor.process(RhnRequestProcessor.java:99)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:462)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)
	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.doFilter(LocalizedEnvironmentFilter.java:67)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.EnvironmentFilter.doFilter(EnvironmentFilter.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SessionFilter.doFilter(SessionFilter.java:55)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.servlets.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:97)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
	at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
	at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:769)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:698)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:891)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.tree.BaseTreeEditOperation.store(BaseTreeEditOperation.java:87)
	at com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.tree.TreeCreateOperation.store(TreeCreateOperation.java:61)
	at com.redhat.rhn.frontend.action.BaseEditAction.execute(BaseEditAction.java:65)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
	... 40 more

Installed Packages:
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spacewalk-base-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-libs-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-html-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-grail-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-oscap-0.0.4-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-branding-1.8.3-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-sql-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-lib-1.8.86-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-search-1.8.3-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-applet-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-schema-1.8.51-1.el6.noarch
rhn-org-httpd-ssl-key-pair-spacewalk-1.0-1.noarch
cobbler-2.2.2-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-pxt-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-admin-1.8.5-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-tools-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-iss-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-setup-1.8.11-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-postgresql-1.8.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.8.86-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-config-1.8.86-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-xp-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-selinux-1.8.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-java-1.8.86-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-repo-1.8-3.el6.noarch
spacewalk-monitoring-1.4.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-jpp-workaround-1.0.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-certs-tools-1.8.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-app-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-setup-jabberd-1.8.3-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-sniglets-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-slf4j-1.6.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-monitoring-selinux-1.7.2-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-base-minimal-1.8.18-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-config-1.8.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-server-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-taskomatic-1.8.86-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.8.34-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-common-1.8.1-1.el6.noarch
spacewalk-doc-indexes-1.1.1-1.el6.noarch

-- 
Steven Crothers
steven.crothers at gmail.com