Bug 234109 – rpmdb open failed

Bug 234109 - rpmdb open failed

Summary:	rpmdb open failed

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 234869

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	pirut (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jeremy Katz
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Reported:	2007-03-26 23:11 EDT by roger benham
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:12 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2007-11-15 20:07:18 EST
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Description roger benham 2007-03-26 23:11:43 EDT

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



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Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-11 22:17:55 EDT

User bnackash@redhat.com's account has been closed

Comment 2 Peter van Egdom 2007-11-14 14:26:46 EST

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.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2007-11-15 20:07:18 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 234869 ***

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