Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 491482
IndexError: list index out of range on "yum install ...."
Last modified: 2014-01-21 18:08:46 EST
Description of problem: [root@tlondon ~]# yum install gnome-games Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 4571. Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 306, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 170, in main show_lock_owner(e.pid) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in show_lock_owner if data[1].endswith(' kB'): IndexError: list index out of range [root@tlondon ~]# Immediately rerunning succeeded. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.2.21-16.fc11.noarch How reproducible: ??? Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
could you please post the output from cat /proc/XXXX/status where XXXX is the pid shown in the another copy is running as pid XXXX. line
(In reply to comment #1) > could you please post the output from > > cat /proc/XXXX/status > > where XXXX is the pid shown in the > > another copy is running as pid XXXX. > > line OK, here is how I reproduce: I start a "yum update" in one terminal window. While it is "running" (i.e., after I enter "y" to do the update), I start a "yum update in another terminal window. Here is what I get: [root@tlondon ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 3869. Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 306, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 170, in main show_lock_owner(e.pid) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in show_lock_owner if data[1].endswith(' kB'): IndexError: list index out of range [root@tlondon ~]# cat /proc/3869/status Name: yum State: S (sleeping) Tgid: 3869 Pid: 3869 PPid: 3578 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 0 0 0 0 Gid: 0 0 0 0 Utrace: 0 FDSize: 256 Groups: 0 1 2 3 4 6 10 VmPeak: 407356 kB VmSize: 403456 kB VmLck: 0 kB VmHWM: 123512 kB VmRSS: 120160 kB VmData: 130484 kB VmStk: 144 kB VmExe: 4 kB VmLib: 16840 kB VmPTE: 764 kB Threads: 1 SigQ: 0/40448 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 ShdPnd: 0000000000000000 SigBlk: 0000000000000000 SigIgn: 0000000001001000 SigCgt: 0000000180014007 CapInh: 0000000000000000 CapPrm: ffffffffffffffff CapEff: ffffffffffffffff CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff Cpus_allowed: f Cpus_allowed_list: 0-3 Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000001 Mems_allowed_list: 0 voluntary_ctxt_switches: 7599 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 5352 [root@tlondon ~]#
It's a kernel bug, the "Utrace: ..." line has a space and not tab like all other lines. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 491508 ***
This should be "fixed" in yum in upstream commit: http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git;a=commitdiff;h=29ce5770b8e85d9e7a5e052f82d164a605dd7a26
*** Bug 491772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***