yum-update - libxml2

[Michael A. Peters]

On 12/16/2004 12:46:59 AM, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i've been again trying to update libxml2 according to the security- 
> issues. (update to libxml2-2.6.16-2)

[mpeters at devel ~]$ rpm -q libxml2
libxml2-2.6.16-3
[mpeters at devel ~]$

Looks like there is a libxml2 update beyond yours


> 
> Thats what i get from yum after update:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
>     import yummain
>   File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 31, in ?
>     import yumcomps
>   File "/usr/share/yum/yumcomps.py", line 4, in ?
>     import comps
>   File "/usr/share/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ?
>     import libxml2
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ?
>     import libxml2mod
> ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so:  
> undefined symbol: xmlNewDocPI

Works for me -

[mpeters at devel ~]$ su --command="yum update"
Password:
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo:  livna-stable
repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B     
00:00
*snip for brevity*
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
[mpeters at devel ~]$

Maybe try the newer libxml2 package?

-=-
I am using a slightly newer version of yum than fc3 ships with - but I  
don't think that's your issue.