Yum update error: Error: Package tuple (...) not found in packagesack

[MuadNu]

Yum is giving me the following error since yesterday:

# yum update
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, fastestmirror, presto, protectbase, refresh-
              : packagekit, versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
...
1 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Update Process
Error: Package tuple (u'kernel', 'x86_64', u'0', u'2.6.30.8', u'64.fc11') could not be found in packagesack

The weird thing, apart from the above error, is that yum is trying to update my kernel-devel and kernel-headers packages, even if I locked their versions to 2.6.29.something because kernel 2.6.30 gave me some specific issues. The version lock has been working without problems for at least 2 months, but now Fedora suddenly wants to update these packages...

[Hlingler]

Try cleaning YUM cache and re-try.

V

[MuadNu]

I tried it and still the same error...

[leigh123linux]

Try

su
yum update --noplugins

do you need these plugins ? (protectbase & versionlock)

[MuadNu]

I don't know about protectbase, I didn't install it so I guessed it came by default. About versionlock, I was using it because I needed to lock the kernel version (kernel 2.30 is giving me some trouble as I explained in the original post). Anyway, I ran yum update with no plugins enabled and it worked. This means kernel 2.30.8-64 was installed, so I'm going to give it a try.

[MuadNu]

I did what I mentioned in my last post, yum worked ok now, but kernel 2.6.30 is still not good for me (I cannot use my ethernet with it, which is a different story). I removed the 2.6.30 kernel packages, booted back with my 2.6.29 kernel, did yum update, and got the weird message again...

[PabloTwo]

The correct way to keep the kernel, or any other package(s) from updating is to add them to the exclude= line in the /etc/yum.conf file. If the exclude= entry isn't there, just add it.

exclude=kernel*

Use a space to separate additional entries.

[MuadNu]

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

The correct way to keep the kernel, or any other package(s) from updating is to add them to the exclude= line in the /etc/yum.conf file. If the exclude= entry isn't there, just add it.

exclude=kernel*

Use a space to separate additional entries.

Thanks! That does it... And it's much easier than using versionlock.

[ksnash007]

I am getting tuple not found in package error when trying to upgrade 12 to 13 or 14. Faults on kernel for 12. already tried cleaning cache and updating. I tried preupdate and using disk to update all fail with the same error. can not find log entry only happens on update.