errors in Smart

Hi,

when I try to run smart I get the following:

austria:/home/ron # smart upgrade
Loading cache...
Traceback (most recent call last):##################################### ( 99%)
File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line
85, in main
ctrl.reloadChannels()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 375, in
reloadChannels
self._cache.load()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
line 321, in loadFileProvides
self.parseFilesList(fndict)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
line 346, in parseFilesList
for event, elem in cElementTree.iterparse(file, ("start", "end")):
File "<string>", line 64, in __iter__
SyntaxError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 479344, column 58

YOU doesn't show me any upgrades available, but I'm sure there are some.
Anyone know what the above error means?

Thanks,

ronking@dslextreme.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I try to run smart I get the following:
>
> austria:/home/ron # smart upgrade
> Loading cache...
> Traceback (most recent call last):##################################### ( 99%)
> File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
> main(sys.argv[1:])
> File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
> exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
> result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line
> 85, in main
> ctrl.reloadChannels()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 375, in
> reloadChannels
> self._cache.load()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
> line 321, in loadFileProvides
> self.parseFilesList(fndict)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
> line 346, in parseFilesList
> for event, elem in cElementTree.iterparse(file, ("start", "end")):
> File "<string>", line 64, in __iter__
> SyntaxError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 479344, column 58
>
> YOU doesn't show me any upgrades available, but I'm sure there are some.
> Anyone know what the above error means?
>
> Thanks,

IIRC, as root, I deleted /var/lib/smart/channels & then ran
smart --update
HTH

> ronking@dslextreme.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > when I try to run smart I get the following:
> >
> > austria:/home/ron # smart upgrade
> > Loading cache...
> > Traceback (most recent call last):#####################################
( 99%)
> > File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
> > main(sys.argv[1:])
> > File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
> > exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53,
in run
> > result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line
> > 85, in main
> > ctrl.reloadChannels()
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 375, in
> > reloadChannels
> > self._cache.load()
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
> > line 321, in loadFileProvides
> > self.parseFilesList(fndict)
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/metadata.py",
> > line 346, in parseFilesList
> > for event, elem in cElementTree.iterparse(file, ("start", "end")):
> > File "<string>", line 64, in __iter__
> > SyntaxError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 479344, column 58
> >
> > YOU doesn't show me any upgrades available, but I'm sure there are some.
> > Anyone know what the above error means?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> IIRC, as root, I deleted /var/lib/smart/channels & then ran
> smart --update
> HTH

Thanks! I think that did it.

-- Ron