[CentOS] yum install fails - itertoolsmodule.so

Hi Paddy,

I was suspecting the same, and from the output below I think you're right. However, I was hoping I could just repair this problem for now, and worry about replacing the HDD later.  I need to resume some services that also seem to generate this same error.

Gary

[root at zeppo services]# ll /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 61976 Sep 15  2016 /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so
[root at zeppo services]# cat /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so
cat: /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so: Input/output error
[root at zeppo services]#


On Thursday 07 November 2019 16:25:54 Paddy Doyle wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> 
> That "Input/output error" suggests a disk problem to me. Does that file
> /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so actually exist and is
> it readable?
> 
> Also look the the output of 'rpm -V python-libs' to see if rpm considers
> the installed files to be corrupt.
> 
> If it's not that, then you could try 'yum reinstall python-libs'.
> 
> Paddy
> 
> On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 04:18:18PM +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> 
> > I've just tried a yum update on one of my C7 boxes and got the following output.
> > 
> > I'm guessing to fix this I need to re-install the RPM, but I can't remove it because of dependancies, so how can I fix the problem?
> > I've managed to download a later version of the RPM, but haven't managed to find the same version as the one installed.
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > [root at zeppo ~]# yum install
> > There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
> > required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
> > 
> >    /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so: cannot read file data: Input/output error
> > 
> > Please install a package which provides this module, or
> > verify that the module is installed correctly.
> > 
> > It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
> > current version of Python, which is:
> > 2.7.5 (default, Sep 15 2016, 22:37:39) 
> > [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)]
> > 
> > If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to 
> > the yum faq at:
> >   http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq
> >   
> > 
> > [root at zeppo ~]# rpm -qf /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/itertoolsmodule.so
> > python-libs-2.7.5-39.el7_2.x86_64
> > [root at zeppo ~]# 
> > [root at zeppo ~]# rpm -e python-libs-2.7.5-39.el7_2.x86_64
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-lxml-3.2.1-4.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) yum-metadata-parser-1.1.4-10.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) pyliblzma-0.5.3-11.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) pyxattr-0.5.1-5.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) cmpi-bindings-pywbem-0.9.5-6.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-kmod-0.9-4.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) newt-python-0.52.15-4.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-setproctitle-1.1.6-5.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-ethtool-0.8-5.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-urwid-1.1.1-3.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-pycurl-7.19.0-17.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) PyYAML-3.10-11.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) pygpgme-0.3-9.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-cups-1.9.63-6.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-2.7.5-39.el7_2.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7_2.3.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gdb-7.6.1-80.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-dmidecode-3.10.13-11.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-perf-3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) cryptsetup-python-1.6.7-1.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) pyparted-1:3.9-13.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) rpm-python-4.11.3-17.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.873-33.el7_2.2.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-pcp-3.10.6-2.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) lvm2-python-libs-7:2.02.130-5.el7_2.5.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) perf-3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) m2crypto-0.21.1-17.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) python-pillow-2.0.0-19.gitd1c6db8.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) bacula-libs-5.2.13-23.1.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) bacula-storage-5.2.13-23.1.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) bacula-client-5.2.13-23.1.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gnome-python2-bonobo-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gnome-python2-gnomevfs-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) gnome-python2-gnome-2.28.1-14.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) pytalloc-2.1.6-1.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) samba-libs-0:4.4.4-9.el7.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) policycoreutils-python-2.5-11.el7_3.x86_64
> >         libpython2.7.so.1.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) systemd-python-219-30.el7_3.8.x86_64
> >         python-libs(x86-64) = 2.7.5-39.el7_2 is needed by (installed) python-2.7.5-39.el7_2.x86_64
> > [root at zeppo ~]#
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