Bug 230942

Summary: Software Manager / yum fails after installing libxml
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: josedireito <josedireito>
Component: yumAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: 6CC: cq279005, rogerbenham
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: fc6 updates Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-03-05 20:15:10 UTC Type: ---
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Description josedireito 2007-03-04 23:08:16 UTC
Description of problem:

after installing libxml, yum/Software Manager crashes.
This is the summary:

Component: Software Manager
Summary: TBc3704fb6 config.py:656:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 445, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 438, in main
    pm = PackageManager(options.config)
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 60, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 124, in __init__
    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 125, in
doConfigSetup
    self.conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 597, in readMainConfig
    vars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot,
startupconf.distroverpkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 656, in _getsysver
    idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
installroot: /
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x8bd358c>
distroverpkg: redhat-release

Then I can not run yum or Software Manager. When I run yum, the output is:

# yum update (for example)
# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run
database recovery
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 -  (-30977)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 85, in main
    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 199, in getOptionsConfig
    errorlevel=opts.errorlevel)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 125, in
doConfigSetup
    self.conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 597, in readMainConfig
    vars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot,
startupconf.distroverpkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 656, in _getsysver
    idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

The result is that I can not use yum!

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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2007-03-05 20:15:10 UTC
This is fixed in later updates of FC6

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2007-03-05 20:15:24 UTC
*** Bug 230965 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2007-03-05 20:17:11 UTC
*** Bug 231007 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***