preupgrade 0.9.3-2.fc8 failing F8->F9

[Michael Wiktowy]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> Thought I would try out preupgrade but it doesn't seem to be working.
> Seems to hang near the end with these messages in the terminal window
> from where I ran it:
>
> [root at canyon /]# preupgrade
> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
> Loading "upgrade-helper" plugin
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * anaconda-upgrade: mirrors.reflected.net
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * anaconda-upgrade: mirrors.reflected.net
> No package matched to remove
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 198, in on_assistant_apply
>    self._do_main()
>  File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 206, in _do_main
>    self.main_preupgrade()
>  File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-gtk.py", line 349, in main_preupgrade
>    self.pu.retrieve_treeinfo()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/preupgrade/__init__.py", line 390, in retrieve_treeinfo
>    raise PUError, "Cannot find any kernel/initrd section for this arch in treeinfo"
> preupgrade.PUError: Cannot find any kernel/initrd section for this arch in treeinfo
> [root at canyon /]# uname -a
> Linux canyon.wittsend.com 2.6.24.5-85.fc8 #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 12:39:34 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
>        None of the buttons are highlighted and the progress bar was totally
> stalled all night.  All I can do is kill the window.
>
>        System is a Thinkpad t60p laptop.

Try using preupgrade 0.9.3-3.fc8 as it seems to have a changelog entry
that matches your issue.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/pending/preupgrade-0.9.3-3.fc8

/Mike