Here is the log. What I notice is that it is making /root//usr/ for the python stuff, which really should be going into /usr/ [root@luniz:software] cd /software/yum-2.4.0 [root@luniz:yum-2.4.0] make for d in repomd rpmUtils yum etc docs; do make PYTHON=python -C $d; [ $? = 0 ] || exit 1 ; done make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/repomd' echo "Nothing to do" Nothing to do make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/repomd' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/rpmUtils' echo "Nothing to do" Nothing to do make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/rpmUtils' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/yum' echo "Nothing to do" Nothing to do make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/yum' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/etc' echo "Nothing to do" Nothing to do make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/etc' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/docs' echo "Nothing to do" Nothing to do make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/docs' [root@luniz:yum-2.4.0] make install mkdir -p /usr/share/yum-cli for p in callback.py cli.py i18n.py output.py progress_meter.py pullheaders.py serverStuff.py shell.py translate.py yummain.py ; do \ install -m 644 $p /usr/share/yum-cli/$p; \ done python -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('/usr/share/yum-cli', 1, '', 1)" Listing /usr/share/yum-cli ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/callback.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/i18n.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/output.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/progress_meter.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/pullheaders.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/serverStuff.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/shell.py ... Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/translate.py ... translate.py:117: FutureWarning: hex/oct constants > sys.maxint will return positive values in Python 2.4 and up if _StrToInt(buffer[:4]) != 0x950412de: translate.py:162: FutureWarning: hex/oct constants > sys.maxint will return positive values in Python 2.4 and up f.write(_intToStr(0x950412de)) # magic number Compiling /usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py ... mkdir -p /usr/bin /usr/bin install -m 755 bin/yum.py /usr/bin/yum install -m 755 bin/yum-arch /usr/bin/yum-arch mkdir -p /var/cache/yum for d in repomd rpmUtils yum etc docs; do make PYTHON=python DESTDIR=`cd ; pwd` -C $d install; [ $? = 0 ] || exit 1; done make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/repomd' mkdir -p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd for p in __init__.py mdErrors.py mdUtils.py packageObject.py packageSack.py repoMDObject.py test.py ; do \ install -m 644 $p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/$p; \ done python -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('/root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd', 1, '', 1)" Listing /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/__init__.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/mdErrors.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/mdUtils.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/packageObject.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/packageSack.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/repoMDObject.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/repomd/test.py ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/repomd' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/rpmUtils' mkdir -p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils for p in arch.py __init__.py miscutils.py oldUtils.py transaction.py updates.py ; do \ install -m 644 $p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/$p; \ done python -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('/root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils', 1, '', 1)" Listing /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/__init__.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/arch.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/oldUtils.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/transaction.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rpmUtils/updates.py ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/rpmUtils' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/yum' mkdir -p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum for p in archwork.py comps.py config.py constants.py depsolve.py Errors.py failover.py groups.py __init__.py logger.py mdcache.py mdparser.py misc.py packages.py pgpmsg.py plugins.py repos.py sqlitecache.py sqlitesack.py transactioninfo.py ; do \ install -m 644 $p /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/$p; \ done python -c "import compileall; compileall.compile_dir('/root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum', 1, '', 1)" Listing /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/Errors.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/archwork.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/comps.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/config.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/constants.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/failover.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/groups.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/logger.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdparser.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/misc.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/packages.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/pgpmsg.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/plugins.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/repos.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py ... Compiling /root//usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/yum' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/etc' #mkdir -p /root/etc/security/console.apps #install -m 644 yum.console /root/etc/security/console.apps/yum #mkdir -p /root/etc/pam.d #install -m 644 yum.pam /root/etc/pam.d/yum mkdir -p /root/etc/yum.repos.d install -m 644 yum.conf /root/etc/yum.conf mkdir -p /root/etc/cron.daily install -m 755 yum.cron /root/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron mkdir -p /root/etc/cron.weekly install -m 755 yum.cron.weekly /root/etc/cron.weekly/yum.cron mkdir -p /root/etc/rc.d/init.d install -m 755 yum.init /root/etc/rc.d/init.d/yum mkdir -p /root/etc/logrotate.d install -m 644 yum.logrotate /root/etc/logrotate.d/yum mkdir -p /root/etc/yum/ install -m 644 yum-daily.yum /root/etc/yum/yum-daily.yum make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/etc' make[1]: Entering directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/docs' mkdir -p /root/usr/share/man/man{5,8} install -m 644 yum.8 /root/usr/share/man/man8/yum.8 install -m 644 yum-shell.8 /root/usr/share/man/man8/yum-shell.8 install -m 644 yum-arch.8 /root/usr/share/man/man8/yum-arch.8 install -m 644 yum.conf.5 /root/usr/share/man/man5/yum.conf.5 make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/yum-2.4.0/docs' [root@luniz:yum-2.4.0] yum Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 26, in ? import yummain File "yummain.py", line 23, in ? from yum import plugins ImportError: cannot import name plugins ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luniz" <gluniz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum 2.4.0 on FC3 > Scratch that last email, it isnt working with 2.4.0 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luniz" <gluniz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum 2.4.0 on FC3 > > > > When I was back on 2.2.0, there were a small number of updates. So I > > grabbed those, then tried 2.4.0 again and now it is working. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Luniz" <gluniz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:10 PM > > Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum 2.4.0 on FC3 > > > > > > > Downloaded yum-2.4.0.tar.gz in my temp folder /software/ and extracted > it. > > > Went into the dir /software/yum-2.4.0/ and ran > > > make > > > make install > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "seth vidal" <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:01 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum 2.4.0 on FC3 > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 19:16 -0400, Luniz wrote: > > > > > Installed Yum 2.4.0 on FC3, this is what happens: > > > > > > > > > > [root@/] yum > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 26, in ? > > > > > import yummain > > > > > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ? > > > > > from yum import plugins > > > > > ImportError: cannot import name plugins > > > > > [root@/] uname -a > > > > > Linux somehost 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 #1 Fri Jul 15 00:59:10 EDT 2005 > i686 > > > athlon > > > > > i386 GNU/Linux > > > > > [root@/] > > > > > > > > > > Revert back to 2.2.0 and it works fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > where did you build the rpm? > > > > > > > > -sv > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Yum mailing list > > > > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Yum mailing list > > > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yum mailing list > > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum