[FC4] RPM doesn't work after upgrade with odd error message

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:

> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> Hey gang,
>> 
>> Just did a "yum -y update" a few hours ago on a machine with FC4.
>> After that, whenever I type in yun (anything), I get:
>> 
>>> yum -y update
>> 
>> There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
>> required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
>> 
>> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rpm/_rpmmodule.so: undefined symbol: 
>> matchpathcon_init
>> 
>> Please install a package which provides this module, or
>> verify that the module is installed correctly.
>
> Which versions of "rpm", "rpm-python", and "libselinux" do you have?
>
> My last FC4 box has:
> $ rpm -q libselinux rpm rpm-python
> libselinux-1.23.11-1.1
> rpm-4.4.1-23
> rpm-python-4.4.1-23
>
> Paul.

Hi Paul,

That is exactly what I have (sorry I didn't provide that when I posted).
I'm not sure what to make of this. Also, on one of my machines, rpm-build 
won't update:

Updating:
  rpm-build               i386       4.4.1-23         updates-released  515 
k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       1 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 515 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
   Updating  : rpm-build                    ######################### [1/2]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/src/redhat: cpio: mkdir

Updated: rpm-build.i386 0:4.4.1-23
Complete!

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Hmmmm...

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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