Description of problem:
pirut tells me updates are available, but fails when I try to display the
purported updates:

Component: pirut
Summary: TB4c8309c5 fastestmirror.py:97:postreposetup_hook:IndexError: list
index out of range

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 624, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 620, in main
    pup.run()
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 457, in run
    self.doRefresh()
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 263, in doRefresh
    pbar = self.doRefreshRepos(destroy=False)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 349, in
doRefreshRepos
    self.reposSetup(pbar, thisrepo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 313, in reposSetup
    self.doTsSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 72, in doTsSetup
    return self._getTs()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 85, in _getTs
    self._getTsInfo()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 91, in _getTsInfo
    self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 529, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 384, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 214, in populateSack
    self.doSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 66, in doSetup
    self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 169, in run
    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 97, in postreposetup_hook
    conduit.info(2, " * %s: %s" % (str(repo), host(repo.urls[0])))
IndexError: list index out of range

Local variables in innermost frame:
repo: InstallMedia
conduit: <yum.plugins.PostRepoSetupPluginConduit instance at 0x133f638>
repos: ['livna-development', 'updates-source', 'livna-development-debuginfo',
'updates-testing', 'livna', 'updates-testing-source', 'livna-debuginfo',
'fedora', 'livna-source', 'InstallMedia', 'development-source', 'development',
'updates-debuginfo', 'fedora-debuginfo', 'livna-development-source',
'updates-testing-debuginfo', 'updates', 'freshrpms', 'livna-testing',
'fedora-source', 'development-debuginfo', 'livna-testing-debug',
'livna-testing-source']
repomirrors: {'InstallMedia': [], 'livna':
['http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/x86_64/',
'http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/',
'http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/x86_64/',
'http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/',
'http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/8/x86_64/',
'ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/'], 'fedora':
['http://kdeforge.unl.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://ftp.software.umn.edu/linux/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://mirror.nyi.net/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://srl.cs.jhu.edu/YUM/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://fedora.mirror.facebook.com/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.unl.edu/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirrors.reflected.net/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://fedora.mirror.iweb.ca/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://mirror.colorado.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.hiwaay.net/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'ftp://ftp.uci.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.lib.ucdavis.edu/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirror.steadfast.net/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os',
'http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os']}


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pirut-1.3.25-2, 1.3.29-1

How reproducible:
pirut is autostarted on log-in; states updates are available, but fails to
display/process them.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
as above

Expected results:
display of updates to allow processing

Additional info: