+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #460413 +++

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--- Additional comment from nadeer_p on 2008-08-28 02:17:54 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=315174)
 debug file - RPM error

I'm unable to install any RPM file to new release of RHEL 5U2 server. The debug file is below also attached . kindly give the solution 
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Component: pirut
Summary: TBbc99d12e config.py:752:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 490, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 483, in main
    pm = PackageManager(options.config, options.onlyrepo)
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 67, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 137, in __init__
    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 118, in doConfigSetup
    errorlevel=errorlevel)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 164, in _getConfig
    self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 685, in readMainConfig
    yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 752, in _getsysver
    idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
installroot: /
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x9079eac>
distroverpkg: redhat-release
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