Bug 476549
| Summary: | TB0e4166fe config.py:755:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Gerardo Fontes <gerardo.fontes> |
| Component: | pirut | Assignee: | James Antill <james.antill> |
| Status: | CLOSED CANTFIX | QA Contact: | desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | 5.2 | CC: | bkearney |
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2013-03-12 20:24:17 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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The above implies some problem with your rpmdb ... so none of rpm/yum/etc. would work. |
Description of problem: Component: pirut Summary: TB0e4166fe config.py:755:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 617, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 609, in main pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config) File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 84, in __init__ GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 137, in __init__ plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 118, in doConfigSetup errorlevel=errorlevel) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 164, in _getConfig self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 685, in readMainConfig yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 755, in _getsysver idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg) TypeError: rpmdb open failed Local variables in innermost frame: installroot: / ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x146eb290> distroverpkg: redhat-release Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Each time I try to update packages. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login. 2. Click on Software Updater. 3. Enter password. Actual results: A dialog box containing the description of the problem appears and I cannot update any packages. Expected results: Package updater list. Additional info: [gerardo@mx29idme ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) [gerardo@mx29idme ~]$ uname -a Linux mx29idme 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 4 03:51:21 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [gerardo@mx29idme ~]$