F8 to rawhide upgrade - yum python mismatch - repeatable

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Wed Jan 23 14:24:32 UTC 2008


David Timms wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 00:24 +1100, David Timms wrote:
>>> $ rpm -qa yum\* rpm\* python\* sql\*|sort
>>> yum-3.2.8-2.fc8
> * this was .fc8. because I tried downgrading to see if yum would work 
> again. current: yum-3.2.8-2.fc9
> 
>>> yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-4.fc9
>>> [davidt at localhost ~]$ yum --help
> ...
>>>     /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_sqlitecache.so: undefined 
>>> symbol: g_assertion_message_expr
>>
>> remove yum-metadata-parser via rpm -e, please
> # rpm -e yum-metadata-parser
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         yum-metadata-parser >= 1.1.0 is needed by (installed) 
> yum-3.2.8-2.fc9.noarch
> # rpm -e yum-metadata-parser --nodeps
> 
>> and then try running yum.
> # yum update
> There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
> required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
> 
>    No module named sqlitecachec
> 
> Please install a package which provides this module, or
> verify that the module is installed correctly.
> 
> It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
> current version of Python, which is:
> 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 17 2008, 11:02:11)
> [GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-36)]
> 
> * the module missing changed, but no go.
> 
>> if yum works then yum install yum-metadata-parser and tell me if it
>> still balks.
> else:
>   rpm -Uvh yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-4.fc9.i386.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### 
> [100%]
>    1:yum-metadata-parser    ########################################### 
> [100%]
> [root at localhost packages]# yum
> There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
> required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
> 
>    /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_sqlitecache.so: undefined symbol: 
> g_assertion_message_expr
> 
> 
> * back to original message
> 
> Will install the newer -metadata-parser when it becomes visible...

Does updating glib2 to the version in Rawhide help?

Paul.




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