Bug 670784

Summary: Traceback in transaction, when _ts_save_file is None (from within anaconda)
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Ales Kozumplik <akozumpl>
Component: yumAssignee: James Antill <james.antill>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.1CC: akozumpl, atodorov, ffesti, james.antill, jhutar, jonathan, jreiser, jzeleny, ksrot, maxamillion, mbanas, pmatilai, tla, vanmeeuwen+fedora
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: yum-3.2.29-3.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 670257 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 13:34:07 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 670257    
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Description Ales Kozumplik 2011-01-19 11:52:39 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #670257 +++

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compose Install DVD for x86_64 from today's rawhide (2011-01-17) via current pungi (which uses lorax.)
2. Boot DVD for Upgrade of rawhide x86_64 as of about one week ago.
3.
  
Actual results: anaconda traceback with
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Comment 2 Ales Kozumplik 2011-01-19 11:54:06 UTC 
I can reproduce this on 6.1 nightly 20110119.n.0, my traceback:


06:46:51,735 CRITICAL: anaconda 13.21.87 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1441, in runTransaction
    os.unlink(self._ts_save_file)
  File "/tmp/updates/yuminstall.py", line 1083, in _run
    self.runTransaction(cb=cb)
  File "/tmp/updates/yuminstall.py", line 1065, in run
    if self._run(instLog, cb, intf) == DISPATCH_BACK:
  File "/tmp/updates/yuminstall.py", line 1844, in doInstall
    rc = self.ayum.run(self.instLog, cb, anaconda.intf, anaconda.id)
  File "/tmp/updates/backend.py", line 305, in doInstall
    return anaconda.backend.doInstall(anaconda)
  File "/tmp/updates/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/tmp/updates/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/tmp/updates/gui.py", line 1395, in nextClicked
    self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/tmp/updates/iw/progress_gui.py", line 79, in renderCallback
    self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
  File "/tmp/updates/gui.py", line 1416, in handleRenderCallback
    self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Comment 3 Alexander Todorov 2011-01-19 14:18:06 UTC 
*** Bug 670827 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Jeff Burke 2011-01-26 16:44:48 UTC 
Created attachment 475437 [details]
Log from from a failed install
Comment 9 seth vidal 2011-01-26 16:57:52 UTC 
Jeff,
 The above is with yum 3.2.29-3?
Comment 10 James Antill 2011-01-26 17:20:21 UTC 
No, line 1441 in 3.2.29-3 is "try". I assume that's from 3.2.29-2.
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 13:34:07 UTC 
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-2011-0602.html