On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 12:06 +0200, Rainer Traut wrote: > Hi, > > though I know it clearly states 2.4.3 is compatible with python > 2.3 > I thought I give it a try; somebody seems to have tried already: > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2006-March/008425.html > > I'm running into problems with yum-shell: > Setting up Yum Shell > > update > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 97, in main > result, resultmsgs = do() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 444, in doShell > yumshell.cmdloop() > File "/usr/lib/python2.2/cmd.py", line 123, in cmdloop > stop = self.onecmd(line) > File "/usr/lib/python2.2/cmd.py", line 199, in onecmd > return self.default(line) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/shell.py", line 64, in default > self.base.cmds = shlex.split(self.base.cmdstring) > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'split' > > Probably this is because of python 2.2. > Is there a workaround (small patch?) for this? > > Reason is, yum 2.2.2 does not like to update some packages: > > # yum list mc > Setting up Repos > ... > Reading repository metadata in from local files > ... > Installed Packages > mc.i686 1:4.6.0-18 installed > Available Packages > mc.i386 1:4.6.1-1 xxx > > yum 2.4.3 updates mc, while yum 2.2.2 does not... > yah - that's correct - that was a behavioral change in how 'exactarch' worked b/t 2.2.X and 2.4.X -sv
