Re: KeyError: epoch

[David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shawn Flack wrote:
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> [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-----
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> [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
OK, so now without disabling rpmforge, do you get the identical 
exception message from your first post ?

If so rm -R the /var/cache/yum/rpmforge  cache might help.

DaveT.
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