[CentOS] yum update error this morning

Wed Jun 3 13:42:14 UTC 2009
Ron Lorah <dark at telux.org>

Try: yum clean all
Then try yum update again

~Ron

Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am getting the following "yum update" error this morning. C 5.3 x86_64.
>
> What shall I do?
>
> Jerry
> -----------
>
> yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: centos.mirror.nac.net
>  * updates: centos.mirror.nac.net
>  * addons: mirrors.unbornmedia.com
>  * extras: centos.mirror.nac.net
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package vsftpd.x86_64 0:2.0.5-12.el5_3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package sos.noarch 0:1.7-9.16.el5_3.5 set to be updated
> ---> Package pidgin.i386 0:2.5.5-3.el5 set to be updated
> ---> Package poppler.x86_64 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9 set to be updated
> ---> Package audit-libs.x86_64 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated
> ---> Package pango.i386 0:1.14.9-5.el5.centos set to be updated
> ---> Package audit-libs-python.x86_64 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated
> ---> Package acpid.x86_64 0:1.0.4-7.el5_3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package audit.x86_64 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated
> ---> Package libwmf.x86_64 0:0.2.8.4-10.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package libpurple.i386 0:2.5.5-3.el5 set to be updated
> ---> Package crash.x86_64 0:4.0-7.2.3.el5.centos.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package ipsec-tools.x86_64 0:0.6.5-13.el5_3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package file.x86_64 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package freetype.x86_64 0:2.2.1-21.el5_3 set to be updated
> ---> Package libpurple.x86_64 0:2.5.5-3.el5 set to be updated
> ---> Package freetype-devel.x86_64 0:2.2.1-21.el5_3 set to be updated
> ---> Package pidgin.x86_64 0:2.5.5-3.el5 set to be updated
> ---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.3-22.el5.centos.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package libwmf.i386 0:0.2.8.4-10.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package gnome-session.x86_64 0:2.16.0-6.el5.centos.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package net-snmp-libs.x86_64 1:5.3.2.2-5.el5_3.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package audit-libs.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated
> ---> Package httpd-manual.x86_64 0:2.2.3-22.el5.centos.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package freetype.i386 0:2.2.1-21.el5_3 set to be updated
> ---> Package mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.3-22.el5.centos.1 set to be updated
> ---> Package pango.x86_64 0:1.14.9-5.el5.centos set to be updated
> ---> Package freetype-devel.i386 0:2.2.1-21.el5_3 set to be updated
> ---> Package ntp.x86_64 0:4.2.2p1-9.el5.centos.2 set to be updated
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
>     yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main
>     errcode = main(args)
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 145, in main
>     (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 647, in 
> buildTransaction
>     (rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 704, in 
> resolveDeps
>     for po, dep in self._checkFileRequires():
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 939, in 
> _checkFileRequires
>     if not self.tsInfo.getOldProvides(filename) and not 
> self.tsInfo.getNewProvides(filename):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py", line 
> 414, in getNewProvides
>     for pkg, hits in self.pkgSack.getProvides(name, flag, 
> version).iteritems():
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 300, 
> in getProvides
>     return self._computeAggregateDictResult("getProvides", name, flags, 
> version)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 470, 
> in _computeAggregateDictResult
>     sackResult = apply(method, args)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 861, 
> in getProvides
>     return self._search("provides", name, flags, version)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in 
> newFunc
>     return func(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 837, 
> in _search
>     for pkg in self.searchFiles(name, strict=True):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in 
> newFunc
>     return func(*args, **kwargs)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 586, 
> in searchFiles
>     self._sql_pkgKey2po(rep, cur, pkgs)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 470, 
> in _sql_pkgKey2po
>     pkg = self._packageByKey(repo, ob['pkgKey'])
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 413, 
> in _packageByKey
>     po = self.pc(repo, cur.fetchone())
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 68, in 
> __init__
>     self._read_db_obj(db_obj)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 94, in 
> _read_db_obj
>     setattr(self, item, _share_data(db_obj[item]))
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
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