[Yum] python crashes after what looks like running out of mem ory

[Lancashire, Pete]

forgot to add

# ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
max nice                        (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 32767
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 1024
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
max rt priority                 (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 81920
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 32767
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lancashire, Pete [mailto:plancashire at ci.portland.or.us]
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:41 PM
> To: 'yum at lists.dulug.duke.edu'
> Subject: [Yum] python crashes after what looks like running out of
> memory
> 
> 
> just went to see what updates would go with my fedora
> fc5t2 box and yum now seems to run out memory.
> 
> # yum --version
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin
> 2.5.1
> 
> #python -V
> Python 2.4.2
> 
> #uname -a
> Linux ossinfo.city 2.6.15-1.1884_FC5smp #1 SMP Mon Jan 30 
> 18:18:13 EST 2006
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> #cat fedora-release 
> Fedora Core release 4.91 (Pre-FC5) (Fedora fc5t2 updated to 
> about Jan 30)
> 
> if one deletes contents of /var/cache/yum
> 
> [root at ossinfo cache]# yum -y --exclude=* update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Running "config" handler for "installonlyn" plugin
> Yum Version: 2.5.1
> COMMAND: yum 
> Installroot: /
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> developmen: #########################                         
>  1/2Baseurl(s)
> for repo: ['http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fed...
> development               100% |=========================| 
> 1.1 kB    00:00
> 
> extras-dev: ################################################## 2/2
> Baseurl(s) for repo: ['http://download.fed....
> extras-development        100% |=========================| 
> 1.1 kB    00:00
> 
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Setting up Package Sacks
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 
> 1.2 MB    00:11
> 
> at this point yum will start to use up all the RAM in the box 
> (2GB) then a
> good
> chunck of Swap then about 5 mins later ..
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
>     yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 97, in main
>     result, resultmsgs = do()
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 471, in doCommands
>     return self.updatePkgs()
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 947, in updatePkgs
>     self.doRepoSetup()
>   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 74, in doRepoSetup
>     self.doSackSetup(thisrepo=thisrepo)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", 
> line 285, in
> doSackSetup
>     self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 288, in
> populateSack
>     dobj = repo.cacheHandler.getPrimary(xml, csum)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 96, in
> getPrimary
>     return self._getbase(location, checksum, 'primary')
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 83, in
> _getbase
>     (db, dbchecksum) = self.getDatabase(location, metadatatype)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 79, in
> getDatabase
>     db = self.makeSqliteCacheFile(filename,cachetype)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 239, in
> makeSqliteCacheFile
>     self.createTablesPrimary(db)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 150, in
> createTablesPrimary
>     self.createDbInfo(cur)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitecache.py", 
> line 188, in
> createDbInfo
>     cur.execute("""CREATE TABLE db_info (
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 237, in
> execute
>     self.con._begin()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 515, in
> _begin
>     self.db.execute("BEGIN")
> MemoryError
> no mem for new parser
> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", 
> line 157, in run
> MemoryError
> Error in sys.exitfunc:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
>     func(*targs, **kargs)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", 
> line 157, in run
>     conduitcls = eval(conduitcls)       # Convert name to class object
> MemoryError
> 
> yum.conf and repo's are stock Fedora from the initial install
> 
> -pete
> 
> 
>  
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