same bug seems to be present also in rhel5.8 +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #804120 +++ Description of problem: Running certain code paths of: yum --security --sec-severity=Critical upgrade result in the plugin running: 'severity' not in notice ...but their was no explicit support for that in the class, and the default way python implements it works like: 1. Can I have element 1. 2. Can I have element 2. 2. Can I have element 3. 2. Can I have element 4. [...] ...and this will go on forever. Quick test, from ipython: In [2]: import yum.update_md In [3]: x = yum.update_md.UpdateNotice() In [4]: 'foo' in x ...fix is a one liner in yum. --- Additional comment from ksrot on 2012-03-16 12:04:10 EDT ---
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The fix is really simple, so I'll ACK this one, but I'm not sure how useful it is given the lateness of RHEL-5 (and that it was discovered internally, and has no customers behind it). commit 6549b355f93473e7adc8ae177bb65ad2c0ba2dfc Author: James Antill <james> Date: Fri Mar 16 11:12:59 2012 -0400 Fix UpdateNotice.getitem when asked for iteration, add contains. BZ 804120
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Might as well close this, given no customer desire to get it fixed and how we are very late in RHEL-5. At least the early versions of RHEL-6 yum could be rebuilt on RHEL-5, so if any customer really needs this then the fixed version in rhel-6 is a viable path.