Description of problem:Component: pirut
Summary: TB009f9c28 rpmsack.py:206:_all_packages:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 117, in _pageSwitch
    self.pageMap[num]()
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 322, in _showBrowse
    grpsel.doRefresh()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/GroupSelector.py", line 512, in
doRefresh
    if len(self.ayum.comps.categories) == 0:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 545, in <lambda>
    comps = property(fget=lambda self: self._getGroups(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 520, in _getGroups
    pkglist = self.rpmdb.simplePkgList()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 158, in simplePkgList
    return self.pkglist
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 59, in _get_pkglist
    self._make_header_dict()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 235, in
_make_header_dict
    for (hdr, idx) in self._all_packages():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 206, in _all_packages
    mi = ts.dbMatch()
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <yum.rpmsack.RPMDBPackageSack object at 0x2a96fd0>
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0xc652dd0>


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How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run yum install on any program
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