From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-6 i586) Description of problem: Anaconda crashes with unhandled exception in text mode upgrade of an existing RH 7.1 system. Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620 in ? intf.run (id, dispatch, configFileDate) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 408, in run dispatch.gotoNext(). Unable to upgarde RH 7.1. Source image is downloaded RH7.2 iso images, md5sum matches. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from CD 2. choose text mode install/upgrade 3. choose no customization when prompted about installed rpm packages. Actual Results: Anaconda crashed with unhandles exception. upgrade aborted. Expected Results: Upgrade to proceed. Additional info: Information saved on floppy by anaconda after crash. Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 408, in run dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 143, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py", line 273, in upgradeFindPackages method.mergeFullHeaders(id.hdList) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 26, in mergeFullHeaders hdlist.mergeFullHeaders(self.tree + "/RedHat/base/hdlist2") File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 161, in mergeFullHeaders rpm.mergeHeaderListFromFD(self.hdlist, fd, 1000004) rpm.error: match tag mismatch Local variables in innermost frame: self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 845e928> file: /mnt/source/RedHat/base/hdlist2 fd: 29 Package Group selection status: Base: 1 Printing Support: 1 Classic X Window System: 1 X Window System: 1 Laptop Support: 0 Spelling: 0 GNOME: 1 KDE: 0 Sound and Multimedia Support: 1 Network Support: 1 Dialup Support: 1 Messaging and Web Tools: 1 Graphics and Image Manipulation: 0 Network Server: 0 News Server: 0 NFS File Server: 0 Windows File Server: 0 Anonymous FTP Server: 0 SQL Database Server: 0 Web Server: 0 Router / Firewall: 0 DNS Name Server: 0 Network Managed Workstation: 0 Authoring and Publishing: 0 Emacs: 0 Utilities: 0 Legacy Application Support: 0 Software Development: 0 Kernel Development: 0 Windows Compatibility / Interoperability: 0 Games and Entertainment: 0 Everything Include: 0 Workstation Common: 0 Server: 0 Everything: 0 ...
Can you attach the rest of the debug output? I really need to see the /tmp/syslog part of it.
My apology. I had to install 7.2 fresh instead of an upgrade and restored all user data to meet a dead-line. 7.2 is working great. Thanks. Best Regards. -- Chip
Ok. I'm glad things are working now.