yum update ===> AttributeError: CHECKSUM_VALUE

PrimeMogul · 05-22-2008, 05:55 PM

I recently installed Red Hat (5.1ES 2.6.18-53.el5PAE). I have been running "yum update" every other day with no troubles. Yesterday Red Hat released a long list of updates (about 280) and I lost my connection before "yum update" finished. Today "yum update" generates "AttributeError: CHECKSUM_VALUE[/CODE]" How does a yum newbie fix this problem?

Here is more information.

Code:

# yum clean all
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Cleaning up Everything

# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
rpmforge                  100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
rhel-i386-server-vt-5     100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00     
rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00     
rhn-tools-rhel-i386-serve 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 2.4 MB    01:05     
rpmforge  : ################################################## 6970/6970
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 102, in main
    result, resultmsgs = do()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 359, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 150, in doCommand
    return base.updatePkgs(extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 628, in updatePkgs
    self.doRepoSetup()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 107, in doRepoSetup
    self.doSackSetup(thisrepo=thisrepo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 334, in doSackSetup
    self.pkgSack.excludeArchs(archlist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 312, in excludeArchs
    sack.excludeArchs(archlist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 559, in excludeArchs
    obj = self.pc(rep,self.db2class(x))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 429, in db2class
    y.checksum = {'pkgid': 'YES','type': db.checksum_type, 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 97, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError, key
AttributeError: CHECKSUM_VALUE

And yum.conf:

Code:

# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

Not sure what info would help.

Code:

# ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 684 Mar  8  2007 mirrors-rpmforge
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254 Apr 29 13:22 rhel-debuginfo.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 428 Mar  8  2007 rpmforge.repo

lazlow · 05-22-2008, 06:17 PM

Try a:

Quote:

yum clean all

and then try again as before. Sometimes stuff gets caught in yum's throat.

PrimeMogul · 05-23-2008, 07:21 AM

Please notice that I did that (see the top of my first post). So is there a heimlich maneuver?

pobrika · 05-23-2008, 07:57 AM

I would try using
# yum clean all

then last resort try rebuilding the rpm database if all else fails, done this several times myself.

# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
# rpmdb -vv --rebuilddb

PrimeMogul · 05-24-2008, 02:36 PM

I tried each of those, to no avail. Surely there is someway to get yum working again?

Code:

[~]# yum clean all
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Cleaning up Everything

[~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
[~]# rpmdb -vv --rebuilddb
... many lines later ...
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.24997/Basenames
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.24997/Name
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.24997/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.24997/Packages
D: removing directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.24997
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys
D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: May free Score board((nil))

~]# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
rpmforge                  100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
rhel-i386-server-vt-5     100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00     
rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    00:00     
rhn-tools-rhel-i386-serve 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 2.4 MB    00:06     
rpmforge  : ################################################## 6982/6982
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 102, in main
    result, resultmsgs = do()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 359, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 150, in doCommand
    return base.updatePkgs(extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 628, in updatePkgs
    self.doRepoSetup()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 107, in doRepoSetup
    self.doSackSetup(thisrepo=thisrepo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 334, in doSackSetup
    self.pkgSack.excludeArchs(archlist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 312, in excludeArchs
    sack.excludeArchs(archlist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 559, in excludeArchs
    obj = self.pc(rep,self.db2class(x))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 429, in db2class
    y.checksum = {'pkgid': 'YES','type': db.checksum_type, 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 97, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError, key
AttributeError: CHECKSUM_VALUE

pobrika · 05-25-2008, 03:52 AM

Can you post the results of the following.

#rpm -qa|grep yum
#uname -a

Also what is the OS and version you are using.

PrimeMogul · 05-25-2008, 12:53 PM

I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 32-bit x86)

Code:

[~]# uname -a
Linux 2.6.18-53.el5PAE #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:48:18 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[~]# rpm -qa|grep yum
yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6
yum-3.0.1-5.el5
yum-security-1.0.4-3.el5
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.2-5.el5_1.2
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5
yum-updatesd-3.0.1-5.el5

lazlow · 05-25-2008, 01:12 PM

Quote:

yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6

That would be my first suspect. While RHEL5 was based on FC6 I would not recommend running FC6 rpms on it.

PrimeMogul · 05-25-2008, 06:58 PM

Suppose that is it, what do I do about it? (Again I am a yum newbie, all I have done so far is "yum update".) SO how do I remove such a thing (if that is what I should do)?

lazlow · 05-25-2008, 07:13 PM

Post your rpmforge.repo file. If all you have done is run yum updates, I am not sure how you got rpmforge involved. Even with rpmforge I am not sure how you wound up with a FC6 rpm on a RHEL5 system (unless the rpmforge repo file is wrong).

PrimeMogul · 05-26-2008, 09:33 AM

Ah, but I did a couple RPM's outside of yum, could that have caused the toruble?

Code:

name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

I do recall installing these, but I think others were installed to make one of the first two work.

Code:

And the three rpm's I installed
cabextract-1.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
msttcorefonts-bootstrap-0.1-6.SoS.2008.1.noarch.rpm
php-tidy-5.2.5-1.i386.rpm

SO I guess I broke something? How can I fix it?

lazlow · 05-26-2008, 10:53 AM

Try shutting off the rpmforge repo (change enable=1 to enable =0). Then try yum clean all (again) and a yum update. If that does not clear it up I would "yum remove yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6" and see if that is the issue. Without knowing what all you installed and from where (you have to be careful) I do not know how much more I can help you.

PrimeMogul · 05-26-2008, 11:15 AM

I tried those steps same error. Guess I really screwed something up. Thank-you for helping!

In bash_history I find these

Code:

rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
wget-1.8.2-13sls.i586.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.22-26sls.i586.rpm
perl-base-5.8.1-0.RC4.4sls.i586.rpm
freetype-tools-1.3.1-25pclos2007.i586.rpm

lazlow · 05-26-2008, 11:23 AM

Quote:

freetype-tools-1.3.1-25pclos2007.i586.rpm

Well this is a pclos rpm. Where are you getting th sls rpms from? RPMs are generally specific to the distro, version, and arch, that they were made for. You CANNOT (as a general rule) use rpms made for any other distro, version, or arch.

PrimeMogul · 05-26-2008, 11:26 AM

This solved the problem:

Code:

rpm -qa | grep yum-metadata-parser
rpm -ev --nodeps yum-metadata-parser-VERSIONFROMABOVECMD

cd /tmp
wget ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux...8.fc6.i386.rpm
rpm -iv ./yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6.i386.rpm 
yum check-update