Bug 522259

You can make this happen everytime? B/c adding some debug info here would really help me out solving this.

ping, please. I could use some help making this happen.

When I've seen this there is usually something wrong with the local rpmdb (the error is that one part of yum thinks pkgA is installed while another can't find it), try running:

package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

...and providing those results.

Hi Seth.  To get some kind of debug output I've run 'yum -v update', here's the results:

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[root@clive ~]# yum -v update
Not loading "blacklist" plugin, as it is disabled
Loading "keys" plugin
Loading "presto" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "refresh-packagekit" plugin
Loading "remove-with-leaves" plugin
Not loading "whiteout" plugin, as it is disabled
Config time: 0.624
Yum Version: 3.2.23
Setting up Package Sacks
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
pkgsack time: 0.063
rpmdb time: 0.121
Setting up Update Process
Updating Everything
Building updates object
up:Obs Init time: 0.912
up:simple updates time: 1.112
up:obs time: 0.059
up:condense time: 0.000
updates time: 12.692
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 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 352, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 201, in doCommand
    return base.updatePkgs(extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 608, in updatePkgs
    self.update()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2829, in update
    tx_return.extend(self.update(po=self.getPackageObject(new)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2965, in update
    updated_pkg =  self.rpmdb.searchPkgTuple(updated)[0]
IndexError: list index out of range
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I don't think this provides much extra information.  I'm now going to run the commands suggested by James, I'll add the output from those next.

[root@clive ~]# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
Missing dependencies:
Package nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.3.fc11.i586 requires nss-softokn-freebl(x86-32) >= 3.12.3.99.3
Package glibc-2.10.1-4.i686 requires libfreebl3.so
Package glibc-2.10.1-4.i686 requires libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3)

[root@clive ~]# package-cleanup --dupes
Setting up yum
Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 498, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 479, in main
    printDupes(my, opts.qf)
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 185, in printDupes
    po = my.getInstalledPackageObject((n,a,e,v,r))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2297, in getInstalledPackageObject
    po = self.rpmdb.searchPkgTuple(pkgtup)[0] # take the first one
IndexError: list index out of range
[root@clive ~]#

[root@clive ~]# rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Unsatisfied dependencies for nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.3.fc11.i586:
	nss-softokn-freebl(x86-32) >= 3.12.3.99.3 is needed by nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.3.fc11.i586
Unsatisfied dependencies for glibc-2.10.1-4.i686:
	libfreebl3.so is needed by glibc-2.10.1-4.i686
	libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) is needed by glibc-2.10.1-4.i686
[root@clive ~]# 


Again, I'm not sure how much extra information this provides, and I've no idea how this arose.  I'm a software engineer by profession, I'm quite prepared to run additional tools if necessary.

How comfortable do you feel about modifying a file and rerunning some output?

b/c I'd love to know what  pkgtup is being looked for there that cannot be found.

I added:

print 'pkgtup='
print pkgtup

at line 2297 in __init__.py and re-ran 'package-cleanup --dupes'

Here's the output it gave:

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[root@clive ~]# package-cleanup --dupes
Setting up yum
Loaded plugins: presto, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
pkgtup= 
('kernel', 'i586', '0', '2.6.30.5', '43.fc11')
pkgtup= 
('kernel', 'i586', '0', '2.6.29.6', '217.2.16.fc11')
pkgtup= 
('kernel', 'i586', '0', '2.6.29.6', '217.2.8.fc11')
pkgtup= 
('nss-softokn-freebl', 'i586', '0', '3.12.3.99.3', '2.11.3.fc11')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 498, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 479, in main
    printDupes(my, opts.qf)
  File "/usr/bin/package-cleanup", line 185, in printDupes
    po = my.getInstalledPackageObject((n,a,e,v,r))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2300, in getInstalledPackageObject
    po = self.rpmdb.searchPkgTuple(pkgtup)[0] # take the first one
IndexError: list index out of range
[root@clive ~]# 
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 So, yeh, you need to install these:

Missing dependencies:
Package nss-3.12.3.99.3-2.11.3.fc11.i586 requires nss-softokn-freebl(x86-32) >=
3.12.3.99.3
Package glibc-2.10.1-4.i686 requires libfreebl3.so
Package glibc-2.10.1-4.i686 requires libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) 

...esp. the first one, which is killing yum.
 That package isn't the latest in Fedora anymore, so you'll need to download it from http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/nss/3.12.3.99.3/2.11.3.fc11/i586/

That has made the problem go away.  I installed nss-softokn-freebl from the link you posted.  I needed to do 'rpm --rebuilddb' to finally get it all working.

I wonder what actually failed?

yum-3.2.24-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

*** Bug 512181 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 519254 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

yum-3.2.24-2.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/yum-3.2.24-2.fc10

yum-3.2.24-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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