RMT is not pulling down any packages for some repositories

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 4
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2

Situation

Some recently added repositories are not syncing any packages (rpm & drpm). No errors are seen in the logs.

Resolution

Update to RMT 2.15 or later.

Some of the more recently created repositories use the zstd compression algorithm. Support for this algorithm in RMT was only added with version 2.15

Cause

Introduction of zstd compression algorithm with some recent repositories.

Additional Information

For the following product versions, an LTSS subscription is required in order to access RMT 2.15 or later:
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 4
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2

An alternative to an LTSS subscription is to upgrade to SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 5 or later.

Note that SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 6 included RMT 2.15 at it's release.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 repositories are an example of recent repositories that make use of zstd compression.

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