On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 00:24 +1100, David Timms wrote: > Andrew Farris wrote: > > David Timms wrote: > >> Next I yum update rpm* yum*, which seemed OK. > >> After that yum didn't work anymore. > ... > > > Ok that definitely sounds like an issue that needs looked at deeper. > > Upgrading rpm and yum first off should not break yum right away! Doing > > just yum works fine for an updated machine as I showed, but maybe the > > base versions of rpm and yum for F8 have issues with that update. > OK, made that install work again: > $ rpm -qa yum\* rpm\* python\* sql\*|sort > python-2.5.1-21.fc9 > python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc9 > python-libs-2.5.1-21.fc9 > python-numeric-24.2-6.fc8 > python-setuptools-0.6c7-2.fc8 > python-urlgrabber-3.0.0-3.fc8 > rpm-4.4.2.2-13.fc9 > rpm-libs-4.4.2.2-13.fc9 > rpm-python-4.4.2.2-13.fc9 > rpm -qa|sort > sqlite-3.5.4-2.fc9 > yum-3.2.8-2.fc8 > yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-4.fc9 > [davidt@localhost ~]$ yum --help > There was a problem importing one of the Python modules > required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: > > /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_sqlitecache.so: undefined symbol: > g_assertion_message_expr > > Please install a package which provides this module, or > verify that the module is installed correctly. > > It's possible that the above module doesn't match the > current version of Python, which is: > 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 17 2008, 11:02:11) > [GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-36)] > > If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to > the yum faq at: > http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq > > $ uname -a > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 15:49:59 > EST 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > > Is this a "silly" on my part / would a bugzilla be appreciated ? > remove yum-metadata-parser via rpm -e, please and then try running yum. if yum works then yum install yum-metadata-parser and tell me if it still balks. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list