Hi

Recently, yum on SL5.3 (X86_64)
# uname -a
Linux abc.riken.jp 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 7 12:48:13 EDT
2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

yum update fails with KeyError: 'unknown header tag'.
Done anyone know how to solve this problem ?

Thank you for the information.

Takashi Ichihara

# yum update

:
Transaction Summary
 ===============================================================================
Install 5 Package(s)
Update 46 Package(s)
Remove 3 Package(s)

Total size: 180 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main
errcode = main(args)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 181, in main
return_code = base.doTransaction()
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 405, in doTransaction
msgs = self._run_rpm_check_debug()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3193, in
_run_rpm_check_debug
self.populateTs(test=1)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 261, in
populateTs
self.ts.addErase(txmbr.po.idx)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packages.py", line 1046, in
__getattr__
return self.hdr[thing]
KeyError: 'unknown header tag'
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