Description of problem: yum crashes while trying to update the coreutils package Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.2.1-1.fc7 coreutils - 6.9-2.fc7.i386 How reproducible: run "yum update coreutils" Steps to Reproduce: 1.run "yum update" if coreutils is part of the updatelist or "yum update coreutils" Actual results: # yum -d10 update coreutils Loading "installonlyn" plugin Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin Yum Version: 3.2.1 COMMAND: yum -d10 update coreutils Installroot: / Ext Commands: coreutils Setting up Update Process Reading Local RPMDB Building updates object Setting up Package Sacks skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists putting mmv in simple update putting libdaemon in complex update putting kernel in complex update putting kernel-headers in complex update putting pm-utils in complex update putting pm-utils in complex update putting glibc in complex update putting openssl in complex update putting pm-utils in complex update putting pm-utils in complex update putting telnet-server in simple update putting shadow-utils in complex update putting coreutils in complex update putting kernel in complex update processing libdaemon processing kernel.i686 processing kernel-headers processing pm-utils processing pm-utils processing glibc.i386 processing openssl processing pm-utils processing pm-utils processing shadow-utils processing coreutils processing kernel.i686 skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists skipping reposetup, pkgsack exists Resolving Dependencies 1183212497.29 --> Running transaction check ---> Package coreutils.i386 0:6.9-3.fc7 set to be updated Checking deps for coreutils.i386 0-6.9-3.fc7 - u Checking deps for coreutils.i386 0-6.9-2.fc7 - None looking to see what requires ('stat', 'EQ', ('0', '6.9', '2.fc7')) of coreutils - 6.9-2.fc7.i386 looking to see what requires ('sh-utils', 'EQ', ('0', '6.9', '2.fc7')) of coreutils - 6.9-2.fc7.i386 looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('j2re', 'i586', '0', '1.4.2_04', 'fcs') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('sgml-common', 'noarch', '0', '0.6.3', '20.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('a2ps', 'i386', '0', '4.13b', '65.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('nfs-utils', 'i386', '1', '1.0.12', '4.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('mysql-server', 'i386', '0', '5.0.37', '2.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('module-init-tools', 'i386', '0', '3.3', '0.pre11.1.0.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('xml-common', 'noarch', '0', '0.6.3', '20.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('krb5-libs', 'i386', '0', '1.6.1', '2.1.fc7') looking at sh-utils as a requirement of ('nscd', 'i386', '0', '2.6', '3') looking to see what requires ('coreutils', 'EQ', ('0', '6.9', '2.fc7')) of coreutils - 6.9-2.fc7.i386 looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('fontconfig', 'i386', '0', '2.4.2', '3.fc7') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('hal', 'i386', '0', '0.5.9', '8.fc7') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('hicolor-icon-theme', 'noarch', '0', '0.10', '2') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('man', 'i386', '0', '1.6e', '3.fc7') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('mkinitrd', 'i386', '0', '6.0.9', '7.1') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('tcsh', 'i386', '0', '6.14', '15') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('policycoreutils', 'i386', '0', '2.0.16', '6.fc7') looking at coreutils as a requirement of ('initscripts', 'i386', '0', '8.54', '1') looking to see what requires ('config(coreutils)', 'EQ', ('0', '6.9', '2.fc7')) of coreutils - 6.9-2.fc7.i386 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 135, in main (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 527, in buildTransaction (rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 804, in resolveDeps deps = self._mytsCheck() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 776, in _mytsCheck thisneeds = self._checkRemove(txmbr) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 1044, in _checkRemove for pkgtup in self.rpmdb.whatRequires(provname, None, None): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 422, in whatRequires pkgs = self.searchRequires(name) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 148, in searchRequires return self.searchPrco(name, 'requires') File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 127, in searchPrco if not result.has_key(po.pkgid): TypeError: list objects are unhashable Expected results: no crash
running "rpm -Uhv http://mirror.atrpms.net/fedora/linux/updates/7/i386/ coreutils-6.9-3.fc7.i386.rpm" manually works fine. after that yum is able to proceed as if nothing had happened.
You have a (very old) package installed which is tripping things up -- I've got it fixed in yum CVS and it will go out in the next update