Smart rpm errors, not gzip file...?

GlennsPref · 06-10-2009, 07:52 PM

Hi, I usually use smart rpm package manager to check my install and do the normal stuff with adding and removing packages, but lately, since 2009.1, I have been getting an error each and nearly every time I call it.

The error is the same for any smart call, like smart check, smart fix, smart update... etc.

I have tried to re-install python-5.2.5.2 and libs, with or with out scripts with urpmi, to no avail.

I have also tried 2009.0 and 2009.10 versions of smart and smart-gui,

Here is the output....

Code:

glenn@GamesBox:~$ smart check                                                            (11-06 10:43)
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                              (  0%)
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 195, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 168, in main
    exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
    result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/smart/commands/check.py", line 72, in main
    ctrl.reloadChannels()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 383, in reloadChannels
    self._cache.load()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/synthesis.py", line 94, in getLoadSteps
    for line in indexfile:
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/gzip.py", line 438, in next
    line = self.readline()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/gzip.py", line 393, in readline
    c = self.read(readsize)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/gzip.py", line 219, in read
    self._read(readsize)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/gzip.py", line 255, in _read
    self._read_gzip_header()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/gzip.py", line 156, in _read_gzip_header
    raise IOError, 'Not a gzipped file'
IOError: Not a gzipped file

Any advise greatly appreciated.

Regards Glenn

jkerr82508 · 06-11-2009, 04:16 AM

Looks like this:

https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=51326

Jim

GlennsPref · 06-11-2009, 04:34 AM

Hi Jim, That looks like it, but I leave urpmi alone,

I still use it (urpmi), and update it as usual. even Just to keep it current.

I setup the smart repo database with the same repos as urpmi,

but with the smart commands.

for example...

Code:

smart channel -y --add '2009.1-fis.unb.br_Contrib' type=urpmi baseurl='http://mirror.fis.unb.br/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2009.1/x86_64/media/contrib/release' hdlurl=media_info/hdlist.cz

for all the usual channels/repos...you get the idea.

I think I remember smart complaining that the channel/repo names were already in use

when I upgraded to Mandriva 2009.1(spring) And I've had this problem ever since.

I thought it may have been a python conflict, but...

"smart update" gives the same error.

I looked for the bug, but I may have to redress my search approach.

I did not find anything, last time I looked anyway.

Thanks for the info, I'll keep an eye on the bug-report and see what eventuates.

I have even tried to install smart from 2008.0 and 2008.1, but

too many dependants, and it breaks the system.(eventually, using force or nodeps)

regards Glenn

ernie · 06-11-2009, 06:11 AM

If you got an error that the repo name was already in use, try changing the names you use for the smart repos (e.g.: If you have a urpmi repo names main, rename the smart repo to prime). Choose names that make sense to you, but you get the idea. See if that helps . . .

GlennsPref · 06-11-2009, 08:45 AM

Hi Ernie, Thanks for the tip.

But I knew that, I was referring to "something has changed" with the install

and/or the way smart works now when I wrote that.

It's a bit weird, because it has worked a few times and then stopped with that error(above). I have uninstalled and wipe all reference of smart from the system a few times, but can't recall what I actually did that made it work again.

I have a feeling that either of a few things have occurred.

1) smart looks at urpmi.cfg when installed and configures it's self to mirror those repos.
2) smart has a dep or two missing from it's install script.

3) python2.6 has changed so as not to include the gzip function in the same way it used to.

I also have a problem with python/twisted/spread/pb.py at line 30, md5 sum depreciated, use hashlib instead (at boot and shutdown) May not be related.

That's all I have for now, I really liked the way smart gave info on deps and files.

and the way you could easily reinstall a package, check a system for broken installs and fix the system install, quickly.

cheers and regards Glenn, I'm still looking....

<edit>for smart 1.2.8 x86_64
from what I have found so far,
python-base(2.6) is not available for x86_64. and
python-psyco is not available for x86_64.

also, there is a way to --replacepkgs --replacefiles --noscripts and --allow-suggests with urpmi, but not rpmdrake.
</edit>

GlennsPref · 06-11-2009, 07:39 PM

Hi, I need to correct some errors I have made here.

Sorry for the confusion.

When I mentioned the lib64python(2.6) I erred in saying that the older version was 5.2.5.2, It was 2.5.2.5.

When I mentioned the smart version it was 1.2.7, not 1.2.8, which I have just downloaded and installed, and will check soon.

Na! the error persists.

I have filed a bug-report.
Bug 51576 @ qa.mandriva.com