[Yum-devel] [PATCH] Remove "No transaction set" error, for YumLocalPackage

[James Antill]

---
 yum/packages.py |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yum/packages.py b/yum/packages.py
index ac45518..7b702b3 100644
--- a/yum/packages.py
+++ b/yum/packages.py
@@ -1684,8 +1684,10 @@ class YumLocalPackage(YumHeaderPackage):
 
     def __init__(self, ts=None, filename=None):
         if ts is None:
-            raise Errors.MiscError, \
-                 'No Transaction Set Instance for YumLocalPackage instance creation'
+            #  This shouldn't be used "normally" within yum, but is very useful
+            # for small scripts and debugging/etc.
+            ts = rpmUtils.transaction.initReadOnlyTransaction()
+
         if filename is None:
             raise Errors.MiscError, \
                  'No Filename specified for YumLocalPackage instance creation'
-- 
1.7.0.1