The repo type has to be yum rather than rhn, and the necessary certificate options (included by yumoption) are not passed thru to the dot-origin repo file

The command "cobbler reposync" fails, but if I run the reposync command by hand, pointing at the /etc/yum.repos file contailing all the necessary optional parameters, it works.

Any suggestions ?  RHN-Classic is going away, so something needs to change.
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