smart error with pycurl

[Nigel Kukard]

[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# rpm -q rpm
rpm-5.3.6-0.5.x86_64
[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# rpm -q python-pycurl
python-pycurl-7.19.0-0.0.x86_64
[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# rpm -q smart
smart-1.3.1-0.0.x86_64

smart-1.3 seemed to of worked fine

[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# smart upgrade bc bash bash-completion fuse libcap libcap-ng
Loading cache...
Updating cache... ####################################################################################### [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (7):
  bash-4.1-0.0@x86_64 bc-1.06-1.25@x86_64 libcap-2.19-1.1@x86_64 libcap-ng-0.6.5-0.2@x86_64
  bash-completion-4.1-0.0@x86_64 fuse-2.8.4-1.2@x86_64 libcap-devel-2.19-1.1@x86_64

2.1MB of package files are needed. 555.8kB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Fetching packages...
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/bash-4.1-0.0.x86_64.rpm
bash-4.1-0.0.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 71%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/fuse-2.8.4-1.2.x86_64.rpm
fuse-2.8.4-1.2.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 85%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/libcap-2.19-1.1.x86_64.rpm
libcap-2.19-1.1.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [100%]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 195, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 168, in main
    exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
    result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line 191, in main
    ctrl.commitTransaction(trans, confirm=confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 635, in commitTransaction
    return self.commitChangeSet(trans.getChangeSet(), caching, confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 683, in commitChangeSet
    caching)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 801, in fetchPackages
    fetcher.run(what=_("packages"))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 243, in run
    if not handler.tick():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 1524, in tick
    num, succeeded, failed = multi.info_read()
pycurl.error: (43, 'Unable to fetch curl handle from curl object')

[Nigel Kukard (nkukard)]

I'm not applying any patches to smart.

It seems I can update some packages, but others ... here is another example...

[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# smart upgrade "mysql*" "openssh*"
Loading cache...
Updating cache... ####################################################################################### [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (13):
  mysql-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 mysql-embedded-devel-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 openssh-clients-5.2p1-1.3@x86_64
  mysql-bench-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 mysql-libs-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 openssh-common-5.2p1-1.3@x86_64
  mysql-cluster-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 mysql-server-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 openssh-server-5.2p1-1.3@x86_64
  mysql-devel-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 mysql-test-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64
  mysql-embedded-5.1.48-1.4@x86_64 openssh-5.2p1-1.3@x86_64

43.3MB of package files are needed. 112.2MB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Fetching packages...
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/mysql-libs-5.1.48-1.4.x86_64.rpm
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/mysql-5.1.48-1.4.x86_64.rpm
mysql-libs-5.1.48-1.4.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 7%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/openssh-server-5.2p1-1.3.x86_64.rpm
openssh-server-5.2p1-1.3.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 15%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/mysql-server-5.1.48-1.4.x86_64.rpm
mysql-server-5.1.48-1.4.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 23%]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 195, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 168, in main
    exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
    result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line 191, in main
    ctrl.commitTransaction(trans, confirm=confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 635, in commitTransaction
    return self.commitChangeSet(trans.getChangeSet(), caching, confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 683, in commitChangeSet
    caching)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/smart/...

[Nigel Kukard (nkukard)]

> Yeah, noticed.
>
> You could try this patch:
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~dsmid/smart/pycurl-ftp-segfault/revision/938
>
> Even though it's linked to a segfault with FTP, rather than generic...

No go with the patch ... I'll leave it at that and not upgrade those packages for now ... I have a reproducer now so I can test fixes :)

[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# rpm -Uvh /tmp/smart-*1.3.1-0.1*
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
   1:smart ########################################### [ 33%]
   2:smart-update ########################################### [ 67%]
   3:smart-gui ########################################### [100%]

[Linux:root@nigel-e6400 ~]# smart upgrade flex ftp fuse* m4 mdadm mingetty minicom mktemp nagios* squid* postgresql*
Loading cache...
Updating cache... ####################################################################################### [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (25):
  flex m4 nagios postgresql-devel postgresql-plpython
  ftp mdadm nagios-devel postgresql-docs postgresql-server
  fuse mingetty nagios-www postgresql-libs squid
  fuse-devel minicom postgresql postgresql-perl-contrib squid-httpd
  fuse-libs mktemp postgresql-contrib postgresql-plperl squid-ldap

16.0MB of package files are needed. 20.3MB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Fetching packages...
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/postgresql-perl-contrib-8.4.4-1.4.x86_64.rpm
postgresql-perl-contrib-8.4.4-1.4.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 8%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/fuse-libs-2.8.4-1.2.x86_64.rpm
fuse-libs-2.8.4-1.2.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 12%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/squid-3.0.STABLE19-1.3.x86_64.rpm
squid-3.0.STABLE19-1.3.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 16%]
-> http://download.idms-linux.org/trunk/x86_64/RPMS/squid-httpd-3.0.STABLE19-1.3.x86_64.rpm
squid-httpd-3.0.STABLE19-1.3.x86_64.rpm ####################################################################################### [ 20%]
Traceback (mo...

[Anders F Björklund (afb)]

Added an option to disable pycurl (Bug #522518)