Re: yum groupupdate ... RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 15:44 +0100, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> Hi, seems like I may have found bug in python:
> if I run you groupupdate group, on some of my servers it dies with 
> following error:
> .
> .
> .
> Package 3:traceroute-2.0.1-2.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest 
> version
> Package cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-4.x86_64 already installed and latest 
> version
> Package ncurses-5.5-24.20060715.x86_64 already installed and latest 
> version
> Package memtest86+-1.65-4.1.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package ntsysv-1.3.30.1-1.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package authconfig-5.3.12-2.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest 
> version
> Package hdparm-6.6-2.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> 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 236, in user_main
>      errcode = main(args)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 111, in main
>      result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 309, in doCommands
>      return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, 
> self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 324, in doCommand
>      return base.installGroups(extcmds)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 845, in installGroups
>      txmbrs = self.selectGroup(group.groupid)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1776, in 
> selectGroup
>      txmbrs = self.install(name = pkg)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2193, in 
> install
>      self.install(po=obsoleting_pkg)
> .
> .
> repeated many times
> .
> .
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2193, in 
> install
>      self.install(po=obsoleting_pkg)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2192, in 
> install
>      obsoleting_pkg = self.getPackageObject(obsoleting)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1850, in 
> getPackageObject
>      pkgs = self.pkgSack.searchPkgTuple(pkgtup)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 70, in 
> searchPkgTuple
>      return self.searchNevra(name=n, arch=a, epoch=e, ver=v, rel=r)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 290, in 
> searchNevra
>      return self._computeAggregateListResult("searchNevra", name, epoch, 
> ver, rel, arch)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 431, in 
> _computeAggregateListResult
>      sackResult = apply(method, args)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 39, in 
> newFunc
>      return func(*args, **kwargs)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 1010, in 
> searchNevra
>      cur = cache.cursor()
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 566, in 
> cursor
>      return Cursor(self, self.rowclass)
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/sqlite/main.py", line 172, in 
> __init__
>      self.con.cursors[id(self)] = self
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/weakref.py", line 78, in __setitem__
>      self.data[key] = KeyedRef(value, self._remove, key)
> RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
> 
> I've tried with 3.2.12 too and problem persists. Strange thing is that 
> it's happening on some machines and on some others not. I'm using centos 
> 5, so python is 2.4.3.
> I'd appreciate any help with hunting this bug..
> thanks a lot in advance..

Have you tried with 3.2.13?

-sv