Bug 524782

Created attachment 362033 [details]
crash dump

Description of problem: 
Exception ocurred when running updates or add/remove software. It also happens when running yum update. Problem seems to be related with rhnplugin
 
Component: pirut
Summary: TBefbd0369 rhnplugin.py:243:__init__:AttributeError: can't set attribute


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
red hat el5.2

How reproducible:
trying to update

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run pup or yum update or

  
Actual results:
unhandled exception 

omponent: pirut
Summary: TBefbd0369 rhnplugin.py:243:__init__:AttributeError: can't set attribute

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 170, in doConfigSetup
    return self.conf
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 664, in <lambda>
    conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 253, in _getConfig
    self.plugins.run('init')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 179, in run
    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 145, in init_hook
    repo = RhnRepo(channel)
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 243, in __init__
    self.metadata_cookie = 'cookie'
AttributeError: can't set attribute

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: rhel-x86_64-client-5
channel: <up2date_client.rhnChannel.rhnChannel instance at 0x16fd7098>
urls: ['https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC/GET-REQ/rhel-x86_64-client-5']

Expected results:
open pup interface