Description of problem: 'software updater' fails to load successfully i updated a few packages today (no kernal upgrades) Note that 'Add/remove Software' (software manager) also fails Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. follow menu items, from gnome desktop, 'Applications' then 'System Tools' and choose item 'Software Updater' the same error occurs when running yum and yumex crash dump follows for software updater: Component: Software Updater Summary: TB8a9160cb comps.py:143:parse_package_list:CompsException Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 573, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 569, in main pup.run() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 415, in run self.doRefresh() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 193, in doRefresh self.reposSetup(pbar) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 153, in reposSetup self.doGroupSetup() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 408, in doGroupSetup self.comps.add(groupfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 339, in add group = Group(elem) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 57, in __init__ self.parse(elem) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 133, in parse self.parse_package_list(child) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 143, in parse_package_list raise CompsException CompsException Local variables in innermost frame: genre: optinoal self: Graphics package: digikam packagelist_elem: <Element 'packagelist' at 0x91c9fe0> child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x91c9ed8> crash dump follows for 'Add/remove Software' (software manager): Component: Software Manager Summary: TB8a9160cb comps.py:143:parse_package_list:CompsException Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 445, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 441, in main pm.run() File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 350, in run self.doRefresh() File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 365, in doRefresh self.reposSetup(pbar) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 153, in reposSetup self.doGroupSetup() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 408, in doGroupSetup self.comps.add(groupfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 339, in add group = Group(elem) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 57, in __init__ self.parse(elem) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 133, in parse self.parse_package_list(child) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 143, in parse_package_list raise CompsException CompsException Local variables in innermost frame: genre: optinoal self: Graphics package: digikam packagelist_elem: <Element 'packagelist' at 0x93f5080> child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x93d5f98>
can now close this call i ran 'rpm --rebuilddb' and 'yum clean all' and reran yumex to rebuild cache and now all software works
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