Bob Goodwin wrote:
Suddenly a problem with yum and yumex. It appears that when I invoke
either I get an error message such as:
yum update yum
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Options Error: Error parsing '3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
I tried rm rpm /var/lib/rpm__db* which helped in the past but to no
avail today.
Any suggestions welcome.
Bob Goodwin
pup produces a more detailed error message which appears to stem from
the same bit of corruption '3\t#2008.03.26':
Component: pirut
Summary: TB65e8237b config.py:84:__set__:ValueError: Error parsing
'3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 611, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 603, in main
pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config)
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 80, in __init__
GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line
132, in __init__
plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 116,
in doConfigSetup
errorlevel=errorlevel)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 162,
in _getConfig
self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 644,
in readMainConfig
yumconf.populate(startupconf._parser, 'main')
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 401,
in populate
setattr(self, name, value)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 84, in
__set__
raise ValueError('Error parsing %r: %s' % (value, str(e)))
ValueError: Error parsing '3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
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I am beginning to think about re-installing the system. This is F7, it
may be time to install F8 in this box, I had hoped to wait for F9 ...
But I need yum running if the system is to stay updated.
Does anyone have any idea of what may have happened, better yet how to
restore things?
Bob Goodwin
