error: "gpg-pubkey-3cbbabee-5cb2e5e7" specifies multiple packages

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Environment

SUSE Manager 4.3 Server

Situation

During channel synchronization on top of SUSE Manager Server, following errors occur:

Command '[/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync, --channel, sle-module-live-patching15-sp5-updates-x86_64-sap, --type, yum, --non-interactive]' exited with error code 1: error: "gpg-pubkey-aec0a8f0-63cbd05d" specifies multiple packages:
error: "gpg-pubkey-3cbbabee-5cb2e5e7" specifies multiple packages:
error: "gpg-pubkey-350947f8-63cbd015" specifies multiple packages:
error: "gpg-pubkey-2b90d010-546fa819" specifies multiple packages:
error: "gpg-pubkey-caa96dfa-5cb2e7c0" specifies multiple packages:
:::
Unable to synchronize Spacewalk GPG keyring: name 'TimeoutExpired' is not defined
04:42:02 ERROR: Download failed: https://updates.suse.com/SUSE/Updates/SLE-Module-Live-Patching/15-SP5/x86_64/update/x86_64/kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.x86_64.rpm?uSceu_jYt9rBvRNXsXYc22ylSWKZ3u6T1Uk45ixe55MgYrX6ECJdinjhUTau1GGtxxPWpd5aBfylwJUHGefa02ha1U0AJuPCduWKrUzJ-FaR9y8P8weRv0FANC6-rhJaYBdNonb7rzwkxiIO-TVRChaI1H1AQcXGLA - [Errno 12] Timeout on https://updates.suse.com/SUSE/Updates/SLE-Module-Live-Patching/15-SP5/x86_64/update/x86_64/kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.x86_64.rpm?uSceu_jYt9rBvRNXsXYc22ylSWKZ3u6T1Uk45ixe55MgYrX6ECJdinjhUTau1GGtxxPWpd5aBfylwJUHGefa02ha1U0AJuPCduWKrUzJ-FaR9y8P8weRv0FANC6-rhJaYBdNonb7rzwkxiIO-TVRChaI1H1AQcXGLA: (28, 'Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 300 seconds').
04:42:02     1/1 : kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.x86_64.rpm (failed)

Resolution

1) Please stop taskomatic service to stop any ongoing channel synchronization:

# systemctl stop taskomatic.service

2) Copy the rpm database to a backup location:

# cp /var/lib/spacewalk/reposync/root/var/lib/rpm{,.bak}

3) Delete the contents of the old rpm database:

# rm -rf /var/lib/spacewalk/reposync/root/var/lib/rpm/*

4) Synchronize the channel again:

# spacewalk-repo-sync -vvv -c sle-module-live-patching15-sp5-updates-x86_64-sap

Cause

Duplicate gpg keys stored in SUSE Manager Server rpm database.

Additional Information

In this context, when the download/synchronization times out with the following error: 'Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 300 seconds:

1) Set reposync_timeout and reposync_minrate configuration values accordingly in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf.

2) By default, when less than 1000 bytes per second are transferred in 300 secs, the download is aborted. The number of bytes per second can be adjusted with reposync_minrate, and the number of seconds to wait with reposync_timeout.

reposync_minrate: This sets the low-speed threshold in bytes per second. If the server sends data slower than this for at least timeout seconds, the connection aborts.
reposync_timeout: Number of seconds to wait for a connection before timing out. This may be too short of a time for extremely overloaded sites.

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