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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I was going to use yum
to update a software package on Fedora Core 5, and I was confronted with the
following error: <br>
<br>
Component: Software Manager<br>
Summary: TB9f78d0ec main.py:244:executedatabaseError: database disk image is
malformed<br>
<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 363, in ?<br>
main()<br>
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 359, in main<br>
pm.run()<br>
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 286, in run<br>
self.doRefresh()<br>
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 297, in doRefresh<br>
self.reposSetup(pbar)<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 151,
in reposSetup<br>
self.doSackSetup()<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 294, in
doSackSetup<br>
self.pkgSack.excludeArchs(archlist)<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 496,
in excludeArchs<br>
cur.execute(querystring)<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 244, in
execute<br>
self.rs = self.con.db.execute(SQL)<br>
DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed<br>
<br>
Local variables in innermost frame:<br>
self: <sqlite.main.Cursor instance at 0xb6d8ae8c><br>
parms: ()<br>
SQL: select * from packages WHERE arch != "i686" AND arch !=
"i586" AND arch != "i486" AND arch != "i386" AND
arch != "noarch"<br>
<br>
What is the cause of this, and how do I fix it? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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