Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.yum update 2.yum upgrade Actual results: Total size: 246 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: python is needed by (installed) sqlmap-0.8-1.noarch Complete! (1, [u'Please report this error in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%205&component=yum']) Expected results: OK Additional info:
What does: package-cleanup --problems ...say?
here is the result of package-cleaneup # package-cleanup --problems Setting up yum Reading local RPM database Processing all local requires Missing dependencies: Package sqlmap requires python >= 2.5
Which explains the problem, fix the problem with the installed package and upgrades should work fine again.