Yum problem -

[Bob Goodwin]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>> Suddenly a problem with yum and yumex. It appears that when I invoke 
>> either I get an error message such as:
>>
>> yum update yum
>> Loading "skip-broken" plugin
>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>> Options Error: Error parsing '3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
>>
>> I tried rm rpm /var/lib/rpm__db*  which helped in the past but to no 
>> avail today.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>>
>> Bob Goodwin
>>
>
> pup produces a more detailed error message which appears to stem from 
> the same bit of corruption '3\t#2008.03.26':
>
>    Component: pirut
>    Summary: TB65e8237b config.py:84:__set__:ValueError: Error parsing
>    '3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
>
>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>      File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 611, in <module>
>        main()
>      File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 603, in main
>        pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config)
>      File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 80, in __init__
>        GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line
>    132, in __init__
>        plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 116,
>    in doConfigSetup
>        errorlevel=errorlevel)
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 162,
>    in _getConfig
>        self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 644,
>    in readMainConfig
>        yumconf.populate(startupconf._parser, 'main')
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 401,
>    in populate
>        setattr(self, name, value)
>      File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 84, in
>    __set__
>        raise ValueError('Error parsing %r: %s' % (value, str(e)))
>    ValueError: Error parsing '3\t#2008.03.26': invalid integer value
>    ................................  snip     
> ...........................................
>
> I am beginning to think about re-installing the system.  This is F7, 
> it may be time to install F8 in this box, I had hoped to wait for F9 
> ...  But I need yum running if the system is to stay updated.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of what may have happened, better yet how to 
> restore things?
>
> Bob Goodwin
>
>
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I fixed the problem myself.  I had added a line in /etc/yum.conf with a 
comment, the date, and the " # " wasn't being recognized as a comment?  
Removed that and things are normal again.

BobG