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Description of problem:
Autorun on the RH8.0 installation cd crashes. When run from the terminal it
yields the following results.  

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 529, in ?
    druid.run ()
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 464, in run
    self.do_system_info_state ()
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 350, in
do_system_info_state
    self.comps = self.method.readCompsViaMethod(hdlist, self.simple_progress.update)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/method.py", line 488, in
readCompsViaMethod
    update_method = update_method)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 387, in __init__
    self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 471, in readCompsFile
    self.setupStateDicts(packages)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 420, in setupStateDicts
    for prov in h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence


It appears that it is trying to iterate over the RPM providers when some are not
actually arrays.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cd /mnt/cdrom
2. ./autorun
3.
	

Actual Results:  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 529, in ?
    druid.run ()
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 464, in run
    self.do_system_info_state ()
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/InstallDruid.py", line 350, in
do_system_info_state
    self.comps = self.method.readCompsViaMethod(hdlist, self.simple_progress.update)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/method.py", line 488, in
readCompsViaMethod
    update_method = update_method)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 387, in __init__
    self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 471, in readCompsFile
    self.setupStateDicts(packages)
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py", line 420, in setupStateDicts
    for prov in h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence

Additional info:

The error is in /usr/share/redhat-config-packages/comps.py and I have created a
patch for the error. If this paste doesn't come out well I can provide a better
patch via email.

--- comps.py    2002-10-02 09:21:21.000000000 -0500
+++ dhawkins.comps.py   2002-10-02 08:59:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -416,9 +416,14 @@
                 if (pkg == "glibc-debug" or pkg == "kde2-compat"
                     or pkg.startswith("kernel-") or pkg == "qt2-Xt"):
                     continue
-
-                for prov in h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
-                    self.instProvs[prov] = pkg
+
+                try:
+                    for prov in h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
+                        self.instProvs[prov] = pkg
+                except TypeError:
+                    for prov in (h[rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES],):
+                        self.instProvs[prov] = pkg
+
             else:
                 # FIXME: these packages provide things that are needed
                 # in some of the other packages.  they're kind of weird
@@ -428,8 +433,14 @@
                     or pkg.startswith("kernel-") or pkg == "qt2-Xt"):
                     continue

-                for prov in self.packages[pkg][rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
-                    self.providesDict[prov] = self.packages[pkg]
+        try:
+            for prov in self.packages[pkg][rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES]:
+                self.providesDict[prov] = self.packages[pkg]
+        except TypeError:
+            for prov in (self.packages[pkg][rpm.RPMTAG_PROVIDES],):
+                self.providesDict[prov] = self.packages[pkg]
+
+

         # now let's generate the requires dict so that we can try to
         # be intelligent on removals... again, this doesn't really