Re: yum-update - libxml2

[Michael A. Peters]

On 12/16/2004 12:46:59 AM, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  i've been again trying to update libxml2 according to the security- 
>  issues. (update to libxml2-2.6.16-2) 
[mpeters@devel ~]$ rpm -q libxml2
libxml2-2.6.16-3
[mpeters@devel ~]$

Looks like there is a libxml2 update beyond yours


>  
>  Thats what i get from yum after update:
>  
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
>      import yummain
>    File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 31, in ?
>      import yumcomps
>    File "/usr/share/yum/yumcomps.py", line 4, in ?
>      import comps
>    File "/usr/share/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ?
>      import libxml2
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ?
>      import libxml2mod
>  ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so:  
>  undefined symbol: xmlNewDocPI 
Works for me -

[mpeters@devel ~]$ su --command="yum update"
Password:
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo:  livna-stable
repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B     
00:00
*snip for brevity*
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
[mpeters@devel ~]$

Maybe try the newer libxml2 package?

-=-
I am using a slightly newer version of yum than fc3 ships with - but I  
don't think that's your issue.