[Yum] Yum update not working

[Greg Knaddison]

On 11/19/05, michael at chaosnetworks.net <michael at chaosnetworks.net> wrote:
> It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
> current version of Python, which is:
> 2.3.4 (#1, Feb 22 2005, 04:09:37)
> [GCC 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)]
>
> I get this message when trying to yum update.
> centos 4.2 w/cpanel P42.8Ghz
>

Have you done anything abnormal with your system recently? e.g. do you
have any non-standard repositories in it?  did you try upgrading your
python/yum/rpm to newer versions than are provided by CentOS?

Also, you may want to check the FAQ

http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq#Q7

and search the archives:
http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq#Q10

This has been covered several times.



Regards,
Greg