> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/yum", line 8, in ?
> yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 68, in main
> result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 412, in doCommands
> ypl = self.returnPkgLists()
> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 954, in returnPkgLists
> ypl = self.doPackageLists(pkgnarrow=pkgnarrow)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 612, in
> doPackageLists
> self.doRepoSetup()
> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 78, in doRepoSetup
> self.doSackSetup()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 93, in
> doSackSetup
> self.repos.populateSack()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 203, in
> populateSack
> dobj = repo.cacheHandler.getPrimary(xml, csum)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 103, in
> getPrimary
> return self._getGeneric('metadata', location, checksum)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 90, in
> _getGeneric
> databank = self._unpickle(piklfile)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 62, in
> _unpickle
> obj = cPickle.load(infh)
> EOFError
>
> Does this give any clues as to what is going on?
yes, your cached pickle files are corrupted. Remove them:
try: yum clean cache
-sv
