[Yum] Problems w/Yum after Python Upgrade

[Williard, Jason]

Thanks for that feedback.  I was considering downgrading to 2.3, but
didn't want to do that if I didn't have to.  Downgrading via
reinstallation of the necessary rpms, including rpm-python, fixed the
issue.  

Thanks,
Jason
 

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[mailto:yum-bounces at lists.dulug.duke.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Hyclak
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:34 AM
To: yum at lists.dulug.duke.edu
Subject: Re: [Yum] Problems w/Yum after Python Upgrade

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 11:24:29AM -0600, Williard, Jason enlightened
us:
> I recently upgraded Python on my CentOS 4.4 server to Python 2.5.
After
> a while, I noticed that I was no longer able to run Yum.  When I try,
I
> get the following message.  Has anyone seen this before?  If so, do
you
> know what causes this and how to resolve it?
>

Yum on CentOS 4 is built for Python 2.3. By upgrading it, you broke it
and
probably most of the configuration utilities as well, since they all use
Python. CentOS/RHEL expects a working Python 2.3.

If you need Python 2.5, I suggest you install it in parallel and return
2.3
to a working state. If you just need yum, rebuilding it against 2.5
would
probably work, but I wouldn't trust having a system with a
broken/unxepected
Python. 

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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