yum broken :p

[Jeff Sheltren]

Err, it's not yum that is broken on RH9; I have used yum on RH9 for quite
some time now.  I believe the problem she is having is due to using a
different python version...  Is that correct, Barbara?

If so, you may want to direct this to the yum mailing list as it isn't
really related to Fedora Legacy.
https://lists.linux.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum

-Jeff 



On 9/14/04 12:45 PM, "S.Joseph" <joseph at ndimedia.com> wrote:

> I use Apt on my RH9 , I'll try out Yum and let you know how my experience
> with is goes.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Pennacchi" <b.pennacchi at istc.cnr.it>
> To: "Fedora Legacy Project" <fedora-legacy-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:21 PM
> Subject: yum broken :p
> 
> 
>> 
>> Hello, I wrote almost one month ago to seek help with yum broken by
>> updating python. I tried some of the fixes suggested in the replies, but
>> to no avail. Then I went into vacation.
>> 
>> Now I'm back. I've read all the back issues of this ml (I receive it in
>> the digest format), to see if somebody else had replied on this subject.
>> But no one did. Obviously I was in such a hurry to close down the store
>> that I forgot to tell those folks that "thankyouverymuch, but it was still
>> broken" :)
>> 
>> Alas, I still need to have yum working (so at least I could try upgrading
>> from RH9 to FC2 to have a newer python version :-)
>> 
>> To sum it up, both yums, when called upon, keep spitting this:
>> 
>> (from the RH9, with yum 2.0.4-1 and python 2.2.2-26: the one where I tried
>> forcing back the former versions then the rpm --rebuilddb -vv)
>> 
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
>>    import yummain
>>  File "yummain.py", line 21, in ?
>>  File "clientStuff.py", line 25, in ?
>>  File "pkgaction.py", line 25, in ?
>>  File "rpmUtils.py", line 9, in ?
>>  File "urlgrabber.py", line 21, in ?
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 101, in ?
>>    import ftplib
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/ftplib.py", line 68, in ?
>>    all_errors = (Error, socket.error, IOError, EOFError)
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error'
>> 
>> 
>> (from the RH8 upgraded to RH9, with yum 2.0.7-1 and python 2.2.3-26, where
>> I simply removed yum, installed new yum and tried the rpm --rebuilddb -vv)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
>>    import yummain
>>  File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 22, in ?
>>    import clientStuff
>>  File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 25, in ?
>>    import pkgaction
>>  File "/usr/share/yum/pkgaction.py", line 25, in ?
>>    import rpmUtils
>>  File "/usr/share/yum/rpmUtils.py", line 10, in ?
>>    from urlgrabber import URLGrabError
>>  File "/usr/share/yum/urlgrabber.py", line 21, in ?
>>    import urllib2
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 101, in ?
>>    import ftplib
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/ftplib.py", line 68, in ?
>>    all_errors = (Error, socket.error, IOError, EOFError)
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error'
>> 
>> I tried removing yum with rpm -e and reinstalling, I tried forcing
>> installation of the prior python version, I tried synching yum version
>> with python version. I tried also the rpm --rebuilddb -vv. Nope. Yum is
>> still spitting error messages.
>> 
>> Anyone has ideas or pointers ? :(
>> 
>> I feel that somewhere, hidden or simply-not-mentioned-explicitly, there is
>> a config file or something similar (environment variables?) that had been
>> overlooked by me and by rpm.
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