Description of problem: Component: Software Updater Summary: TB6b5e0e87 config.py:661:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 659, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 652, in main pup = PackageUpdater() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 90, 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 125, in doConfigSetup self.conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 598, in readMainConfig yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 661, in _getsysver idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg) TypeError: rpmdb open failed Local variables in innermost frame: installroot: / ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x9d4bc4c> distroverpkg: redhat-release Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: when using pup for software update, there was a conflict with a python module. S o the conflicting package was removed and the update done, which seems to have created the problem. later when yum or pup is run , the above error message is obtained. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 213963 ***