[WBEL-users] yum not working on WBEL-r2/x86_64

[Cristian D. GAL]

Hi,

I have a x86_64 machine and I installed Wbel-r2 but I can't get yum to work, 
does any of you have an idea?

Thanks,

Cristian

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# uname -a
Linux stg01.spleen.ca 2.4.21-27.EL #1 SMP Mon Feb 28 18:08:03 EST 2005 x86_64 
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/redhat-release
White Box Enterprise Linux release 3.0 (Liberation Respin 2)

[root at seastg01 root]# yum install vim

Unable to find pid
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 - x86_64 - Base
Server: White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 - x86_64 - Released Updates
Finding updated packages
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30, in ?
     yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
   File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 249, in main
     (uplist, newlist, nulist) = clientStuff.getupdatedhdrlist(HeaderInfo, 
rpmDBInfo)
   File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 447, in getupdatedhdrlist
     rpmarchs = bestversion(rpmnevral, name)
   File "/usr/share/yum/clientStuff.py", line 495, in bestversion
     currentarch = archs[0]
IndexError: list index out of range


# rpm -q yum
yum-2.0.7-1.1.WB1

# rpm -Vv yum
S.5....T c /etc/yum.conf


# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=whitebox-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
failovermethod=roundrobin
gpgcheck=1

[base]
name=White Box Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/whiteboxlinux.org/3.0/en/os/x86_64/

[updates-released]
name=White Box Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/whiteboxlinux.org/3.0/en/updates/