On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 13:37 -0400, Paul Pianta wrote: > Hi people, > > yum-arch is spacking out on me and I am not too sure why. Me thinks that > it could be a problem with my disks ... but just want to check with the > pros :) > > here is the traceback ... > > [root@trinity 7.3]# yum-arch . > Digesting rpms 100 % complete: kernel-smp-2.4.20-29.athlon.rpm > Total: 200 > Used: 200 > Src: 0 > > Writing header.info file > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum-arch", line 23, in ? > pullheaders.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum/pullheaders.py", line 201, in main > headerfd = open(tempheaderinfo, "w") > IOError: invalid mode: That's an odd error, definitely. It's saying it can't set the mode on the tempfile. Which is quite weird considering it's just a simple 'open' call. Run a check on that disk. Somethings wrong with it, I'd bet. -sv
