Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 474138
internal-error in get_depends for a group (yumBackend)
Last modified: 2009-01-14 08:31:02 EST
Description of problem: An internal error happens when trying to install a package group. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PackageKit-glib-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 PackageKit-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 PackageKit-udev-helper-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-plugin-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 gnome-packagekit-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 PackageKit-yum-0.3.11-3.fc10.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run gpk-application 2. in Package Collections select a previously uninstalled group (in my case it was development-tools) 3. click Apply Actual results: The group installs, but an internal error can be seen in the log. Expected results: Internal errors should never happen. Additional info: I'll attach a log and a patch. The reason I looked in the log was that a friend of mine reported problems with installation of groups (PK was forever in the state of "waiting for other actions to finish"). Though I can't reproduce his problem, I suspect the internal error could be related.
Created attachment 325368 [details] excerpt from PackageKit log Scroll to the end to see the traceback. Also notice lots of suspicious messages like: invalid command 'Package gcc-4.3.2-7.x86_64 already installed and latest version'
Created attachment 325369 [details] patch to fix get_depends on a group Fix an internal error when get_depends is called on a group. self._findPackage() returns None for groups, so we can't remove that from the deps_list. With this patch, gpk-application's behaviour changes a bit. Before it installs the group, it now lists the packages it is going to need and asks for confirmation. It seems to me like the correct behaviour.
Created attachment 325370 [details] what's in git I've applied this very similar patch as it's the same as other parts of that file. The new behaviour was the intended behaviour, so I don't think that's a regression. Thanks for your help debugging this.