I have several machine running CentOS
I upgraded all of them from 5.3 to 5.4
One machine has a yum problem after upgrading
# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
* addons: mirror.trouble-free.net
* base: mirror.team-cymru.org
* extras: mirror.team-cymru.org
* updates: mirror.raystedman.net
addons | 951 B
00:00
addons/primary | 201 B
00:00
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 309, in user_main
errcode = main(args)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 345, in doCommands
self._getTs(needTsRemove)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 101, in
_getTs
self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 112, in
_getTsInfo
pkgSack = self.pkgSack
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 661, in
<lambda>
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 501, in
_getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in
populateSack
sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 190, in
populate
dobj = repo_cache_function(xml, csum)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py", line 42, in
getPrimary
self.repoid))
TypeError: Parsing primary.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found
I have tried 'yum clean all', 'yum --noplugins', 'rm -r /var/cache/yum/*',
deleting all yum packages and reinstalling, and nothing helps
If I copy /var/cache/yum/* from a working machine all is well
I have used md5sum to check the downloaded files and they match the files
on a working machine
If I disable the addons repo the other repos load ok
Also rpmforge repo breaks yum
What else might I try
Thanks
Richard