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Description of problem:
Component: pirut
Summary: TB27ac5246 <string>:68:__iter__:SyntaxError: no element found: line 1, column 0

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 650, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 643, in main
    pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config)
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 88, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 124, in __init__
    self.reset()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 226, in reset
    self.doGroupSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 413, in doGroupSetup
    self._up.doUpdates()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 461, in _getGroups
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 349, in add
    for event, elem in parser:
  File "<string>", line 68, in __iter__
SyntaxError: no element found: line 1, column 0

Local variables in innermost frame:
p: <XMLParser object at 0x9e10d10>
self: <iterparse object at 0x9e93acc>
b: <TreeBuilder object at 0x9e61bb8>
data: 
events: []

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pirut-1.3.9-1.fc7

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Just try to start pirut
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Actual Results:


Expected Results:


Additional info:
This problem started with an unnatural starting slowness of pup (a couple of minutes minimum).