Bug 491406

With what rpm building tool was the package built?

Can you attach a file with the crash, too?

I've done some tests here.

With a <description></description> field in the xml metadata and db metadata - yum behaves properly.

I cannot generate a non-existent description field in the rpm itself. rpmbuild won't let me. So I echo russ' question.

please provide the crash, how you made the rpm itself and, if possible, attach the rpm.

Thanks

Created attachment 336340 [details]
rpm to re-create bug

Created attachment 336342 [details]
spec file to re-create bug

Output from yum error:

hseverino@flurry8:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64>yum info foo
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
*Note* Red Hat Network repositories are not listed below. You must run this command as root to access RHN repositories.
RHN support will be disabled.
Available Packages
Name   : foo
Arch   : x86_64
Version: 1
Release: 1
Size   : 1.1 k
Repo   : SiCortex Inhouse
Summary: foo
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 105, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 293, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 178, in doCommand
    rap = base.listPkgs(ypl.available, 'Available Packages', basecmd)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 306, in listPkgs
    self.infoOutput(pkg)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 277, in infoOutput
    print _("Description:\n%s") % enc(pkg.description)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 258, in enc
    if len(s) > 0:
TypeError: len() of unsized object

The package you attached is pretty badly corrupted.

I built a package from the spec file you attached and that operates just fine.

Can you rebuild from your spec file and generate the same error?

Output from yum error:

hseverino@flurry8:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64>yum info foo
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
*Note* Red Hat Network repositories are not listed below. You must run this command as root to access RHN repositories.
RHN support will be disabled.
Available Packages
Name   : foo
Arch   : x86_64
Version: 1
Release: 1
Size   : 1.1 k
Repo   : SiCortex Inhouse
Summary: foo
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 105, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 293, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 178, in doCommand
    rap = base.listPkgs(ypl.available, 'Available Packages', basecmd)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 306, in listPkgs
    self.infoOutput(pkg)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 277, in infoOutput
    print _("Description:\n%s") % enc(pkg.description)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 258, in enc
    if len(s) > 0:
TypeError: len() of unsized object

what ver of yum and rpm and rpm-python is this?

rpm -q yum rpm rpm-python

I have built this rpm multiple times, with the same result. I

1) build the rpm with 
> rpmbuld foo-bar.spec
2) copy the rpm file into the repo
3) In the repo
> createrepo --update .
4) back on the build machine:
> yum info foo

> rpm -q yum rpm rpm-python
yum-3.2.8-9.el5
rpm-4.4.2-48.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2-48.el5

> rpm -q yum rpm rpm-python
yum-3.2.8-9.el5
rpm-4.4.2-48.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2-48.el5

get rid of the --update to createrepo and see if everything gets more sane.

I did a
> createrepo .
 and 
>yum info foo 
gives the same results.

okay, Found the problem - it was fixed in yum 3.2.21 but not backported to rhel.

Great. CanI get the rpm? http://yum.baseurl.org/ lists src rpms and src tarballs, and I'm just not that masochistic.

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New Contents:
Because every rpm package should have a %description field, yum info did not allow for packages where this field might be empty. When yum info encountered such a package, it would crash. Yum info now allows for empty %description fields in packages and will not crash when it encounters an empty field.

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1419.html