[Solved] Error updating wbm-virtual-server and webmin

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I am having some troubles updating the wbm-virtual-server and webmin, having the following errors whenever I try to update:

Now updating wbm-virtual-server …
Installing package(s) with command yum -y install wbm-virtual-server …
Loading “fastestmirror” plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
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 105, in main
result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
File “/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py”, line 289, in doCommands
self._getTs()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”, line 85, in _getTs
self._getTsInfo()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”, line 91, in _getTsInfo
self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/init.py”, line 537, in
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/init.py”, line 392, in _getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py”, line 214, in populateSack
self.doSetup()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py”, line 66, in doSetup
self.ayum.plugins.run(‘postreposetup’)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py”, line 169, in run
func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
File “/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py”, line 83, in postreposetup_hook
read_timedhosts()
File “/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py”, line 111, in read_timedhosts
host, time = line.split()
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack
… install failed!

Now updating webmin …
Installing package(s) with command yum -y install webmin …
Loading “fastestmirror” plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
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 105, in main
result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
File “/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py”, line 289, in doCommands
self._getTs()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”, line 85, in _getTs
self._getTsInfo()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”, line 91, in _getTsInfo
self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/init.py”, line 537, in
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/init.py”, line 392, in _getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py”, line 214, in populateSack
self.doSetup()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py”, line 66, in doSetup
self.ayum.plugins.run(‘postreposetup’)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py”, line 169, in run
func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
File “/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py”, line 83, in postreposetup_hook
read_timedhosts()
File “/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py”, line 111, in read_timedhosts
host, time = line.split()
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack
… install failed!

can anyone point me in the direction of how to fix this?

thanks!

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It looks like something in your server’s yum cache may be corrupted… try running “yum clean all”, then seeing if the upgrade runs correctly after that.

-Eric

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thanks Eric, “yum clean all” did the trick :slight_smile: