Description of problem:  yum update consistently dies with this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 233, in main
    clientStuff.get_package_info_from_servers(serverlist, HeaderInfo)
  File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 863, in
get_package_info_from_servers
    HeaderInfoNevralLoad(headerinfofn, HeaderInfo, serverid)
  File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 134, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad
    rc = rpmUtils.compareEVR((e1, v1, r1), (e2, v2, r2))
  File "/usr/share/yum/rpmUtils.py", line 124, in compareEVR
    rc = rpm.labelCompare((e1, v1, r1), (e2, v2, r2))
RuntimeError: tuple found in format when using keyword arguments

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.4-0.5


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install rpm 4.4
2.  Run yum update
3.  Honk at pnasrat  :-)


Additional info:

1102 <jbj_[#cAos]> KainX: bleeping keywords broke yum. honk at nasrat
please, rpm-4.4-0.7 now built.