> On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 13:28 -0600, Brian Millett wrote: >> Seth, having added >> [pre-extras] >> name=Pre Extras >> baseurl=http://fedoraproject.org/pre-extras/3/$basearch/ >> enabled=1 >> gpgcheck=1 >> >> I looked to see what was available, then tried to update. >> >> Results follow: >> ..... >> --> Running transaction check >> --> Processing Dependency: aalib = %{epoch}:1.4.0-0.rc5.2 for package: >> aalib-devel >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/bin/yum", line 7, in ? >> yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) >> File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in main >> (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 219, >> in >> buildTransaction >> (rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 187, >> in >> resolveDeps >> (checkdep, missing, conflict, errormsgs) = self._processReq(dep) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 271, >> in >> _processReq >> CheckDeps, missingdep = >> self._requiringFromTransaction(requiringPkg, >> requirementTuple, errormsgs) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 420, >> in >> _requiringFromTransaction >> provSack = self.whatProvides(needname, needflags, needversion) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 65, in >> whatProvides >> (r_e, r_v, r_r) = rpmUtils.miscutils.stringToVersion(version) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.py", line >> 307, >> in stringToVersion >> epoch = string.atol(verstring[:i]) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/string.py", line 419, in atol >> return _long(s, base) >> ValueError: invalid literal for long(): %{epoch} >> > > Looks like garbage in the epoch field of aalib. > > I'll take a look at both yum and the pkg. > > could you open a bug on this? Done. #143138 -- Brian Millett Enterprise Consulting Group "Shifts in paradigms (314) 205-9030 often cause nose bleeds." bpmATec-groupDOTcom Greg Glenn