-----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shawn Flack Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:29 PM To: 'Yellowdog Updater, Modified' Subject: RE: KeyError: epoch -----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Timms Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:03 PM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: Re: KeyError: epoch Shawn Flack wrote: > Hello List > > I am running centos 4. When I run yum update I get this test and an error > that says KeyError: epoch. > > What could the issue be. Google has not been my friend in resolving this > so far. > > Below is the full text: > > [root@server yumtemp]# yum update > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > rpmforge 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 61 kB 00:00 > update : ################################################## 188/188 > Added 15 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.36 seconds > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.5 MB 00:03 > rpmforge : > 1/6485Traceback (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 477, in doCommands > return self.updatePkgs() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 955, in updatePkgs > self.doRepoSetup() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 75, in doRepoSetup > self.doSackSetup(thisrepo=thisrepo) > File "__init__.py", line 260, in doSackSetup > File "repos.py", line 287, in populateSack > File "sqlitecache.py", line 96, in getPrimary > File "sqlitecache.py", line 89, in _getbase > File "sqlitecache.py", line 359, in updateSqliteCache > File "sqlitecache.py", line 251, in addPrimary > File "sqlitecache.py", line 197, in insertHash > File "sqlitecache.py", line 449, in values > File "sqlitecache.py", line 441, in __getitem__ > File "mdparser.py", line 73, in __getitem__ > KeyError: 'epoch' > > If anyone knows what I am doing wrong I would much appreciate a point in > the right direction. >I'll hazard a guess that there is sqlite db is corrupt/duplicate primary >key, but perhaps only with rpmforge. Try disabling that repo and check >results. >yum --disablerepo=rpmforge update >If still no go, perhaps a >yum clean dbcache >and retrying will get it. if not >yum clean metadata >and try again. >Any output would be useful. >DaveT. YES! That worked. What is the next step to fix the issue then? Thank you so much... very frustrating. I'm obviously a linux newbie trying to find my way. Sorry for replying to my own post but, the --disablerepo is what fixed it. I wasn't clear on the previous post. My ultimate goal is to install clamav using yum. I just tried yum --disablerepo=rpmforge update This is what I get: [root@server ~]# yum --disablerepo=rpmforge install clamav Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: clamav Nothing to do _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
