User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/16.0 Build Identifier: When trying to use Apper or PackageKit we get the following error: "Spawn of helper '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py' failed". Please see the attached screenshot for details. Bug reproduced using the following rig: ~ Apper v0.7.2 ~ PackageKit v0.7.5 ~ yum v3.4.3 ~ Fedora 17 $ pkcon get-updates Getting updates [=========================] Waiting in queue [=========================] Starting [=========================] Fatal error: Spawn of helper '/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py' failed $ NETWORK=TRUE /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py get-updates none bash: /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py: Permission denied $ ll /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 149087 Jun 27 10:54 /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py $ head /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py #!/usr/bin/python # Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of Reproducible: Always
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These may be related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529739 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500162
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