On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 19:37, Eli wrote: > I've seen this a few times... > > # yum update > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 60, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "yummain.py", line 188, in main > File "clientStuff.py", line 766, in get_package_info_from_servers > File "clientStuff.py", line 103, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad > ValueError: unpack list of wrong size > > I think it needs a try: except: block with a nice helpful message. :) > # rpm -q yum > yum-2.0.4-2 > Fedora Core 1 it's fixed in the daily releases. all it means is the server returned a garbage header.info file. -sv
