Unable to start yum

[Jim Cornette]

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

It looks like a revealing error to someone who knows the ins and outs of 
these messages. I would suggest running 'yum clean all' and trying 
again. I don't know if pirut will have a GUI feature for cleaning the 
headers and other items from the GUI. I don't believe it does right now.

Regarding the SQL: select line above, it looks like it is excluding all 
archs standard to a 32-bit PC.

Realistically, you might need to file a bug report on this error.

Jim

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