Description of problem: Package Updater fails on new FC6 installation. Floating cursor over toolbar icon brings up baloon that says "13 updates available" Selecting "View Updates" option brings up window with title "Retrieving update information" displays progress bar, and pops up error window "Exception occurred" Window contents: Component: Software Updater Summary: TB8a9160cb comps.py:143:parse_package_list:CompsException Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 659, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 655, in main pup.run() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 494, in run self.doRefresh() File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 269, 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 0x99cd068> child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x99c4f68> I selected option "Save to file"; file is attached to this report. Various errors, including Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run Package Updater from toolbar on top of default GUI screen 2. Select View Updates 3. Actual results: see above Expected results: a list of selectable updates and option to apply? Additional info: This is happening on many systems in a classroom setting, on clean/new installations from the latest non-beta ISO, "For x86-compatible (32-bit) 6722f95b97e5118fa26bafa5b9f622cc7d49530c FC-6-i386-DVD.iso" (downloaded from: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download#head-e82fd6bdaa84a16e71fe2bdb732c67258e63428b Confirmed SHA1 checksum of ISO before burning installation DVDs)
Created attachment 146569 [details] bug report generated by Package Updater failure
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 224292 ***