[Yum] Error when running Yum

[seth vidal]

On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 18:51 -0500, Tim Dotson wrote:
> I am getting this error when trying to run any yum command.  I saw
> someone ask this question on the mailing list in the past, but I never
> saw an answer:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
>     import yummain
>   File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 22, in ?
>     import clientStuff
>   File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 25, in ?
>     import pkgaction
>   File "/usr/share/yum/pkgaction.py", line 25, in ?
>     import rpmUtils
>   File "/usr/share/yum/rpmUtils.py", line 13
>     from zlib import error as zlibError
>                             ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

what version of python is that and what distro?

-sv