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Description of problem:
I have installed FC6 three times on this desktop machine and the first time I run Package Manager (yum) it continually crashes.  If I run Package Updater (pirut) it likewise crashes every time.  I have successfully installed FC6 on three other machines (one desktop and two laptops) and do not experience this problem on those machines.  I have reinstalled a clean install three times completely removing and replacing all partitions on the machine and formatting the newly created partitions.  This is the cleanest install I can think of, but the Package Manager is failing every time "new out of the box".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clean install FC6 - customized to packages I wish to select. 
2. Erase all existing partitions and re-partition and re-format drive
3. This machine is equipped with a pair of 250 GB IDE drives which I am configuring as a RAID 0 mirrored device.
4. As soon as the clean install is complete, I attempt to start either the Package Manager or Software Update and get the crash - which appears to me (from what I can determine) to be the same problem.

Actual Results:
Package Manager (or Package Updater) crashes every time.

Expected Results:
The Package Manager (or Updater) window should have appeared.

Additional info:
Crash Dump from the Package Manager crash:
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:
self: Graphics
package: digikam
type: optinoal
packagelist_elem: <Element 'packagelist' at 0x9f150f8>
child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x9f0b5d8>


Crash Dump from the 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:
self: Graphics
package: digikam
type: optinoal
packagelist_elem: <Element 'packagelist' at 0x96b4050>
child: <Element 'packagereq' at 0x9693f50>