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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061019 Minefield/3.0a1

Description of problem:
I downloaded the RPM version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com using today's build of Firefox (not Fedora Firefox). When asked, I chose launch the "Software Installer" to install the rpm. It crashes.

Here's the crash message:

Component: Software Installer
Summary: TB2800fe58 traceback.py:13:_print:IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 243, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 236, in main
    pkginst = SinglePackageInstaller()
  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 57, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 124, in __init__
    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 123, in doConfigSetup
    startupconf.pluginconfpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 252, in doPluginSetup
    plugin_types, confpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 129, in __init__
    self._importplugins(types)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 170, in _importplugins
    self._loadplugin(modulefile, types)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 218, in _loadplugin
    self.verbose_logger.log(logginglevels.INFO_2, 'Loading "%s" plugin', modname)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1040, in log
    apply(self._log, (level, msg, args), kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1079, in _log
    self.handle(record)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1089, in handle
    self.callHandlers(record)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1126, in callHandlers
    hdlr.handle(record)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 642, in handle
    self.emit(record)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 744, in emit
    self.handleError(record)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 693, in handleError
    traceback.print_exception(ei[0], ei[1], ei[2], None, sys.stderr)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/traceback.py", line 124, in print_exception
    _print(file, 'Traceback (most recent call last):')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/traceback.py", line 13, in _print
    file.write(str+terminator)
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Local variables in innermost frame:
file: <open file '<stderr>', mode 'w' at 0x2aaaaaad5210>
terminator: 

str: Traceback (most recent call last):


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pirut-1.2.5-1

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Firefox.
2. Go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html and select rpm.
3. Open with "Software Installer (default)" (root password required)

Actual Results:
Software Installer throws an exception and asks user to file a bug report.

Expected Results:
RPM should be installed.

Additional info:
Linux localhost 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 14:39:22 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux