[packagekit] Another yum backend error problem

Tim Lauridsen tim.lauridsen at googlemail.com
Sun Nov 4 04:33:53 PST 2007


Richard Hughes wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Whilst sitting in a traffic jam this morning (no Internet access) I got
> this:
>
> [hughsie at hughsie-laptop PackageKit]$ /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/resolve.py none power
> allow-interrupt true
> no-percentage-updates
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/resolve.py", line 18, in <module>
>     backend.resolve(filters, name)
>   File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 678, in resolve
>     for pkg in self.yumbase.pkgSack.returnNewestByNameArch():
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 526, in <lambda>
>     pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 381, in _getSacks
>     self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 242, in populateSack
>     sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 142, in populate
>     if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 199, in _check_db_version
>     if repo.repoXML.repoData.has_key(mdtype):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 769, in <lambda>
>     repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 765, in _getRepoXML
>     raise Errors.RepoError, msg
> yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: development. Please verify its path and try again
>
> I think we need to catch this one too. Thanks.
>
> Richard.
>
>
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Should be fixed now.

Tim



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