Description of problem: Command yum provides "" generates traceback. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.2.29-22.el6.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum provides "" Actual results: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 276, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 129, in main result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 438, in doCommands return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 616, in doCommand return base.provides(extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 1122, in provides callback_has_matchfor=True) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2643, in searchPackageProvides isglob, canBeFile = _arg_data(arg) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2630, in _arg_data if arg[0] != '/': IndexError: string index out of range Expected results: No Traceback. Additional info:
Fix upstream, simple couple of lines.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0857.html