CentOS release 5.3 (Final) Yum Update fails with Traceback

If you’re seeing something along these lines:

root@server [~]# yum update file
Loaded plugins:fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base:mirrors.serveraxis.net
* updates:yum.singlehop.com
* addons:centos.cs.wisc.edu
* extras:centos.cs.wisc.edu
base | 1.1 kB 00:00
updates | 951 B 00:00
addons | 951 B 00:00
extras | 1.1 kB 00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–>Running transaction check
—>Package file.x86_64 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated
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 145,in main
(result,resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py”,line 647,in buildTransaction
(rescode,restring) = self.resolveDeps()
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”,line 704,in resolveDeps
for po,dep in self._checkFileRequires():
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py”,line 939,in _checkFileRequires
if not self.tsInfo.getOldProvides(filename) and not self.tsInfo.getNewProvides(filename):
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py”,line 414,in getNewProvides
for pkg,hits in self.pkgSack.getProvides(name,flag,version).iteritems():
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py”,line 300,in getProvides
return self._computeAggregateDictResult(“getProvides”,name,flags,version)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py”,line 470,in _computeAggregateDictResult
sackResult = apply(method,args)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 861,in getProvides
return self._search(“provides”,name,flags,version)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 43,in newFunc
return func(*args,**kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 837,in _search
for pkg in self.searchFiles(name,strict=True):
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 43,in newFunc
return func(*args,**kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 586,in searchFiles
self._sql_pkgKey2po(rep,cur,pkgs)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 470,in _sql_pkgKey2po
pkg = self._packageByKey(repo,ob['pkgKey'])
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 413,in _packageByKey
po = self.pc(repo,cur.fetchone())
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 68,in __init__
self._read_db_obj(db_obj)
File “/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py”,line 94,in _read_db_obj
setattr(self,item,_share_data(db_obj[item]))
TypeError:unsubscriptable object

There is a simple solution to fix this problem!

All you have to do is run yum clean dbcache

You should then be able to update!

root@server [~]# yum clean dbcache
Loaded plugins:fastestmirror
8 sqlite files removed
root@server [~]# yum update file
Loaded plugins:fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base:mirrors.serveraxis.net
* updates:mirror.steadfast.net
* addons:centos.cs.wisc.edu
* extras:centos.cs.wisc.edu
base | 1.1 kB 00:00
base 3272/3272
updates | 951 B 00:00
updates 323/323
addons | 951 B 00:00
extras | 1.1 kB 00:00
extras 266/266
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–>Running transaction check
—>Package file.x86_64 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated
–>Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Updating:
file x86_64 4.17-15.el5_3.1 updates 318 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 1 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size:318 k
Is this ok [y/N]:y
Downloading Packages:
file-4.17-15.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | 318 kB 00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating :file [1/2]
Cleanup :file [2/2]

Updated:file.x86_64 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1
Complete!

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