FC4 update problem on x86_64 in /usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/genericRepo.py", line 17, in __getattr__

[Piet Delaney]

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 10:25 -0700, Piet Delaney wrote:

Seems the problem was my enabling source rpm's to be downloaded.
I'd prefer to download the src rpm with the updates, especially the
kernel src. Any reason this isn't worthy of being fixed?

-piet

> Updates on two i386 systems went fine (other than GUI not indicating
> that updates were available). My x86_64/AMD Hammer system is hanging
> when the python scripts go to get the rpm modules. Here's the msg in
> the /var/log/up2date file:
> 
> 
> -- [Tue Aug  2 10:01:54 2005] up2date   File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line
> 1265, in ?
>     sys.exit(main() or 0)
>    File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 891, in main
>     gui.main()
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 2158, in main
>     gtk.mainloop()
>    File
> "/usr/src/build/535816-x86_64/install/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 70, in __call__
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 1822, in
> doRetrieval
>     self.setRetrievalProgress)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 178, in
> getPackage
>     buf = rpcServer.doCall(repos.getPackage, pkg, msgCallback,
> progressCallback)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 316, in
> doCall
>     ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 36, in
> getPackage
>     return self.handlers[channel['type']].getPackage(pkg, msgCallback,
> progressCallback)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpmSource.py", line 186, in
> getPackage
>     package = source.getPackage(pkg, MsgCallback, progressCallback)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/repomdRepo.py", line
> 251, in getPackage
>     self.initRepo()
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/repomdRepo.py", line
> 123, in initRepo
>     log.trace_me()
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateLog.py", line 35, in
> trace_me
>     x = traceback.extract_stack()
> 
> [Tue Aug  2 10:01:59 2005] up2date   File
> "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 1822, in doRetrieval
>     self.setRetrievalProgress)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 192, in
> getPackage
>     progressCallback)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 316, in
> doCall
>     ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 39, in
> getPackageSource
>     return self.handlers[channel['type']].getPackageSource(channel, pkg,
> msgCallback, progressCallback)
>    File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/genericRepo.py",
> line 17, in __getattr__
>     self.psc.setSourceInstances(self.sources[name])
> 
> 
> I tried deleting the rpm's in /var/spool/up2date/ and it didn't help,
> thought deleting the hdr files might be worth trying next.
> 
> -piet
> 
-- 
Piet Delaney <piet at www.piet.net>
Rocky Mountain Linux Lab