yum-updatesd: error getting update info: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

[Paul Howarth]

Esteban Xandri wrote:
> After a DVD upgrade from FC5 to FC6, I installed yum-updatesd, in order
> to let puplet keep notifying about updates. So far I had no luck.
> 1st I had to apply the patch from Bug 212934, to make puplet visible.
> Then I started to receive the error of the subject in /var/log/messages.
> Right now I can confirm that updates are available (yum check-updates
> from terminal), but puplet shows no change at all (even after forcing a
> "Refresh")

Do you have any exclude= lines in either yum.conf or any of your repo files?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213622

Paul.