Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 106147
up2date crashes when attempting to update, either graphically or from teh command line
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:58:06 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT) Description of problem: When running up2date (which I do graphically) it crashes (with a python error) when getting list of updates - once channels have been selected. De-selecting all channels allows it to complete, but of course doesn't update anything. Error message attached. Running up2date -p seems to work (doesn't give an error). I searched for the bug, but the only similar case seemed to be caused by the 'Subscribed Channels' being empty. Not the case here. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.8.40-3.7.3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Enter gnome 2.Run up2date 3.Select channel Actual Results: Python error appears in terminal window. Up2date screen stays open, but does not complete. Hangs. Expected Results: List of updates should appear (or message 'Your system is up to date') Additional info: This problem first appeared after a disk problem forced a re-install of RH 7.1. I have since upgraded to 7.3 (and installed all errata from CD), but with no effect.
Created attachment 94908 [details] text of Python-reported error
I have managed to get this working by modifying the supplied Python code: change line 115 of rhnHTTPlib.py from h = myHTTPs(host, 0, self.__ca_chain, protocol = protocol) to h = myHTTPs(host, 0, self.__ca_chain) - removing the last parameter entirely (leaving it to default?) and then the connection works and downloads Even so, it's still a bug. I shouldn't have to modify supplied code to make it work.