Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 234109
rpmdb open failed
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:00 EST
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 0x932db2c> distroverpkg: redhat-release Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
User bnackash@redhat.com's account has been closed
Thank you for the report. However this has been reported to the incorrect component. Reassigning from "up2date" to "pirut". Feel free to report any further bugs you find to our bug tracking system.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 234869 ***