yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to update)

[Steven F. LeBrun]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Fred Silsbee
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:26 PM
> To: Fedora List
> Subject: yumex error but yum update ran without problem (nothing to
> update)
> 
> 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i386
> 
> yumex error...yumex window disappeared when I closed the error window
> 
> Error Type: <class 'yum.update_md.UpdateNoticeException'>
> Error Value: No id element found
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 737, in <module>
>     mainApp = YumexApplication()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 446, in __init__
>     self.setupYum()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumex.py , line 467, in setupYum
>     self.yumbase._setupBase()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 80, in _setupBase
>     self._setupUpdateMetadata()
>   File : /usr/share/yumex/yumapi.py , line 137, in _setupUpdateMetadata
>     self.updateMetadata.add(repo)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 319, in
> add
>     un = UpdateNotice(elem)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 69, in
> __init__
>     self._parse(elem)
>   File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/update_md.py , line 146, in
> _parse
>     raise UpdateNoticeException("No id element found")
> 

This problem was answered on this mailing list Anthony Irven Scott earlier
today (See Subject: "Re: Yumex errors after running Fedora updates", time
stamped in my email as Sun 11/16/2008 4:55 AM).  Now that I have given
credit to the person who found the solution, let me repeat the solution:

Anthony Irven Scott said:
    This thread at FedoraForums will fix your problem.   
    http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204203

Following the link to the Fedora Forum brings us to a post by leigh123 at linux
and he suggested trying the following code from a command prompt:

    su

    wget
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/yumex/2.0.5/3.fc9/noarch/yumex-2.0.5-
3.fc9.noarch.rpm

    rpm -Uvh yumex-2.0.5-3.fc9.noarch.rpm

    rm -f yumex-2.0.5-3.fc9.noarch.rpm

This worked for me!  Replacing my current yumex with the newer package
removed the UpdateNotificationException("No id element found") error that
was being thrown by yumex.

--
Steven F. LeBrun 
 
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