Is it possible to get the Yajl package updated to the 2.0.4 version on github? There is a bug in 2.0.1 with the new yajl_tree functions where it never finds the first value in a document. This has been fixed in 2.0.3.
yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17
Package yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-11601/yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
yajl-2.0.4-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.