Using copy to sync a table with referential integrity constraint results in error ORA-02298 as se (4264796)

When trying to sync a target table involved in referential integrity, the following errors are observed:

sp_ctrl (source_servername:5438)> copy owner.tablename

copying 1 of 1 objects

copy started; job id 106

sp_ctrl (source_servername:5438)> copy status

Job ID : 106
Host : source_servername
Started : 11-SEP-09 17:42:43
Job Type : Copy
Status : Failed - Internal error occurred on target. See sync_clt_106 log file for details

# more sync_svr_106_SID1_source_servername_p22065.log
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22065 11/17:43:03 ERROR:SyncProcess:3: The Process already exited!
22065 11/17:43:03 INFO:SyncExportThread:3: Export process returned status: 0
22065 11/17:43:03 WARNING:SyncMessager:0: Export thread 3 completed successfully
22065 11/17:43:04 ERROR:SyncMessager:0: An error occurred in the import thread
22065 11/17:43:04 INFO:SyncMessager:0: Abort remaining threads
22065 11/17:43:04 INFO:SyncMessager:0: Waiting for threads to finish
22065 11/17:43:04 ERROR:SyncApplication:0: Error processing SYNC at sync/svr/sync_server.cpp:125
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# more sync_clt_106_SID1_source_servername_p26686.log
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26686 11/17:43:03 ERROR:SyncProcess:1: The Process already exited!
26686 11/17:43:04 INFO:SyncMessager:0: Import thread 1 completed successfully
26686 11/17:43:04 ERROR:SyncOCIQuery:0: ORA-2298: ORA-02298: cannot validate (OWNER.NUM_COL_FK) - parent keys not found
at sync/oci/sync_ociquery.cpp:152
26686 11/17:43:04 ERROR:SyncFKHandler:0: Failed to enable FK constraint for table \OWNER\.\TABLENAME\ at sync/clt/sync_fk_handler.cpp:190
26686 11/17:43:04 ERROR:main:0: Failed altering contraints at sync/clt/sync_fk_handler.cpp:161
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