2006/9/20, Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:58:53PM +0100, Andres Baravalle enlightened us: > > 2006/9/20, Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>: > > >Is python-rpm installed? > > > > > Hi, > > if you mean rpm-python, yes. I haven't a package called python-rpm. > > > > Yes, I did. I even double checked it on my system and still typed it wrong... > > I have rpm-python-4.3.3-18_nonptl installed. > > > I have rebooted with selinux enabled as permissive and yum it's not > > working either. Before it was set up as disabled. > > I don't think your error has anything to do with SELinux, per se. > > > required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: > > > > /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmmodule.so: undefined symbol: > > rpmtsSetREContext > > indicates to me that a library is missing or can't be found. What does > > ldd /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmmodule.so > > tell you? > > And now you know why upgrades between major versions are not supported ;-) > > Matt Hi Matt, upgrading rpm-python to your version (alog with the other rpm* packages) made it work. Thanks! I know that it's not suggested to upgrade but I was getting stuck with old packages all the time. It took time, but finally is (mostly) sorted (apart from a few warnings that I'm still trying to track). Thanks again, Andres