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Description of problem: pkcon does not work correctly - e.g. "pkcon repo-list" outputs only Getting repositories [=========================] Starting [=========================] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PackageKit-0.5.8-13.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always - when pygobject2 is not installed (its missing from requirements!) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install PackageKit 2. Make sure that pygobject2 is not installed 3. Call "pkcon repo-list" Actual results: Only some meta info and progress bars: Expected results: Meta info and progress bars + a list of repositories Additional info: The problem is just the missing requirement for pygobject2. Additionally it would be clever to output an error message if something is missing. Strace showed me that there were some python tracebacks logged but I guess they just vanished somewhere.
(In reply to comment #0) > always - when pygobject2 is not installed (its missing from requirements!) I don't think PackageKit actually requires pygobject2 -- it's possible yum requires pygobject2, which PackageKit uses, but the added dep would belong in yum I think. > The problem is just the missing requirement for pygobject2. > Additionally it would be clever to output an error message if something is > missing. Strace showed me that there were some python tracebacks logged but I > guess they just vanished somewhere. Can you get the output of pkcon --verbose without pygobject2 installed please -- I'm surprised there isn't a backtrace. Thanks.
# pkcon --verbose repo-list TI:11:45:55 FI:egg-debug.c FN:egg_debug_post_parse_hook,434 - Verbose debugging 1 (on console 1) TI:11:45:55 FI:pk-console.c FN:main,1344 - filter=(null), filters=0 Getting repositories [=========================] Starting [=========================] Tracing the running packagekitd shows: # strace -f -e write -s 80 -p 9322 ... [pid 9397] write(2, "Traceback (most recent call last):\n", 35) = 35 [pid 9397] write(2, " File \"/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py\", line 53, in <module>\n", 79) = 79 [pid 9397] write(2, " ", 4) = 4 [pid 9397] write(2, "import gio\n", 11) = 11 [pid 9397] write(2, "ImportError", 11) = 11 [pid 9397] write(2, ": ", 2) = 2 [pid 9397] write(2, "No module named gio", 19) = 19 [pid 9397] write(2, "\n", 1) = 1 ...
Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as exception or blocker. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Right, you're completely correct. I fixed the same bug in Fedora a few weeks ago. Adding a req for pygobject2 for PackageKit-yum is what we need to do.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0913.html