[CentOS] Yum errors

Wed Jul 2 15:01:18 UTC 2008
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Scott Silva wrote:
> I'm having a problem with a fairly new server.
> Running yum upgrade I get the following:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
>     yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 105, in main
>     result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 289, in doCommands
>     self._getTs()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 85, in 
> _getTs
>     self._getTsInfo()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 91, in 
> _getTsInfo
>     self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 537, in 
> <lambda>
>     pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 392, in 
> _getSacks
>     self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 242, in 
> populateSack
>     sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 168, in 
> populate
>     dobj = repo_cache_function(xml, csum)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py", line 42, in 
> getPrimary
>     self.repoid))
> TypeError: Can not prepare packages insertion: table packages has no 
> column named location_base
> 

your .repo files and/or repo setup in /etc/yum.conf is broken

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