Hi All,
I just upgraded a machine from CentOS 5.3 32-bit to CentOS 5.5 x86_64 using
the updater on the release disk. Now that the machine is running 64-bit, I
notice that Yum is broken, failing with the following error:
~~~
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rpm/_rpmmodule.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
~~~
OK, so I thought I could fix this by installing the dependency. After digging
through a bunch of cascading dependencies using rpm, I got to the elfutils,
which didn't want to install until I used the --ignorearch switch on rpm.
However, when I try to install the 64-bit version of rpm-libs on top of that,
I still get the complaint about the failed dependency on elfutils.
My first question is: Would I be better off just wiping the machine and
installing from scratch at this point, or is there some sane way to get yum
reconstructed?
And the second question: did I make a mistake by assuming that the upgrade
system would work as it should, or is this just a bug in the upgrade system?
And to my first question, does anyone know what else the updater is likely to
have broken?
Thanks,
--Bill
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