Bug 77904 - Package manager fails to launch
Summary: Package manager fails to launch
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 74877
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-packages
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-11-15 00:29 UTC by Dave Palmer
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-11-15 00:29:17 UTC
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Description Dave Palmer 2002-11-15 00:29:09 UTC
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Description of problem:
Launching the package manager fails to launch... and produces this output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/MainWindow.py", line 163, in ?
    comps = im.readCompsViaMethod(hdlist, 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


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # redhat-config-packages
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-packages/MainWindow.py", line 163, in ?
    comps = im.readCompsViaMethod(hdlist, 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


Expected Results:  Package manager should have launched

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-11-15 00:35:18 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74877 ***


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