Pirut bug on Fedora 7

   There is some bug on using Add/Remove software or PIRUT on Fedora 7.  This problem accour when trying to install Fedora 7 software from the Fedora 7 installation disk. The solution is update the PIRUT and YUM for Fedora 7.  Below is the step by step process on updating the PIRUT AND YUM and their dependencies software.

PIRUT Software Manager Bug Message.

Component: Software Manager

Summary: TB21f8f94d packages.py:485:getDiscNum:ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 337, in _apply

    self.applyChanges(self.mainwin)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 722, in applyChanges

    dlpkgs = self.downloadPackages(mainwin)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 417, in downloadPackages

    probs = self.downloadPkgs(dlpkgs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 798, in downloadPkgs

    remote_pkgs.sort(mediasort)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 747, in mediasort

    a = a.getDiscNum()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/packages.py", line 485, in getDiscNum

    return int(fragid)

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Local variables in innermost frame:

self: htdig - 3:3.2.0b6-11.fc7.i386

netloc:

fragid:

path: //1180276843.561677

query:

scheme: media

Solution Update Pirut and Yum.

1.  Download latest package for Pirut and Yum on the Fedora 7 update server.

2.  Download Pirut and Yum, include their dependencies software.

pirut-1.3.28-1.fc7.noarch.rpm

python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc7.noarch.rpm

yum-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm

yum-updatesd-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm

3.  Update the Pirut and Yum using RPM on shell.

4.  The command execution below show the Pirut and Yum being update using RPM command.

[root@localhost rpm]# rpm -Uvh pirut-1.3.28-1.fc7.noarch.rpm python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc7.noarch.rpm yum-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm yum-up

yum-updateonboot-1.1.10-1.fc7.noarch.rpm

yum-updatesd-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm

yum-upgrade-helper-1.1.10-1.fc7.noarch.rpm

[root@localhost rpm]# rpm -Uvh pirut-1.3.28-1.fc7.noarch.rpm python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc7.noarch.rpm yum-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm yum-updatesd-3.2.8-2.fc7.noarch.rpm

warning: pirut-1.3.28-1.fc7.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:yum                    ########################################### [ 25%]

   2:python-iniparse        ########################################### [ 50%]

   3:pirut                  ########################################### [ 75%]

   4:yum-updatesd           ########################################### [100%]

[root@localhost rpm]#

5. Execute yum clean all command before you try to install or update any software to clean all yum cache.

[root@localhost ~]# yum clean all

Cleaning up Everything

[root@localhost ~]#

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