From the last several days my Package updater is not working. It shows about any new update available but whenever i try to see or apply any available updates it tries to open the package updater(Pirut) and it fails all the time giving this message:

EXCEPTION OCCURED
An unhandled exception has occurred. This is most likely a bug. Please save the crash dump and file a detailed bug report against pirut at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla

Component: pirut
Summary: TB4c8309c5 fastestmirror.py:97ostreposetup_hook:IndexError: list index out of range

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 611, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 607, in main
pup.run()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 447, in run
self.doRefresh()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 262, in doRefresh
pbar = self.doRefreshRepos(destroy=False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 339, in doRefreshRepos
self.reposSetup(pbar, thisrepo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 303, in reposSetup
self.doTsSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 72, in doTsSetup
return self._getTs()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 85, in _getTs
self._getTsInfo()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 91, in _getTsInfo
self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 529, in <lambda>
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 384, in _getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 214, in populateSack
self.doSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 66, in doSetup
self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup')
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 169, in run
func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 97, in postreposetup_hook
conduit.info(2, " * %s: %s" % (str(repo), host(repo.urls[0])))
IndexError: list index out of range

Local variables in innermost frame:
repo: InstallMedia
conduit: <yum.plugins.PostRepoSetupPluginConduit instance at 0x133f098>
repos: ['livna-development', 'updates-source', 'livna-development-debuginfo', 'updates-testing', 'livna', 'updates-testing-source', 'livna-debuginfo', 'fedora', 'livna-testing', 'InstallMedia', 'development-source', 'adobe-linux-i386', 'development', 'updates-debuginfo', 'fedora-debuginfo', 'livna-development-source', 'updates-testing-debuginfo', 'updates', 'livna-source', 'fedora-source', 'development-debuginfo', 'livna-testing-debug', 'livna-testing-source']
repomirrors: {'InstallMedia': [], 'livna': ['http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/', 'http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/', 'http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/8/x86_64/', 'http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/x86_64/', 'http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/x86_64/', 'ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/x86_64/'], 'fedora': ['http://fedora.glug-nith.org/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://spreader.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://linux.ntcu.net/ftp/dists/fedora/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://fedora.candishosting.com.cn/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/Fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os', 'http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os']}

and in the end it give me three options of DEBUG, SAVE TO FILE and QUIT!

when i press DEBUG,the message box as well as the package updater disappears and nothing happens!
and when i press SAVE TO FILE it just saves the whole test thing on to my hard disk in a text file format and ask me to post it!
and QUIT does what it does!

and let me tell you that it was working Perfectly before a week and my OS is also working superbly!

but i want this problem to be sorted out!

NOW PLEASE BUG ME OUT!

Try installing yumex and then get all the yum updates. Try from the console (with root logon) to do a yum install yum* and a yum update yum*

This would bring in fixes to pup. Then hopefully your updates will work again.

I had to do what I just recommended. I did it for Fedora 7.

Leslie

Thank You So So Much!

Its Updating Via Yum At Least !
Hope It Gets Fixed!