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Description of problem: after 'yum-builddep qt-x11', any use of yum (or 'import yum' in a python interpeter) leads to an error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 16 beta Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum-builddep qt-x11 2. yum --version Actual output: There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0: symbol __fdelt_chk, version GLIBC_2.15 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference It's possible that the above module doesn't match the current version of Python, which is: 2.7.2 (default, Jul 8 2011, 18:54:13) [GCC 4.6.1 20110627 (Red Hat 4.6.1-1)] Expected output: Version information of yum is output
This was on a fresh install of the F16 Beta before a 'yum update', so the problem may have been that the updated glibc got pulled without the updated yum that works with it. After a 'yum update', 'yum-builddep qt-x11' doesn't break yum. Arguably still a bug, as it is not easy to update to the latest yum once the broken state is reached.
I encountered this after doing a base install using the XFCE media, then doing a $ yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment' Now I can no longer use yum. Awesome.
There have been a couple of glibc problems in F16, I assume this is fixed now given comment #1.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 743923 ***