Smart Suddenly Broken.

flappie2:/home/joris # smart update
Loading cache...
Traceback (most recent call last):
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in <module>
****main(sys.argv[1:])
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
****exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
****result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/commands/update.py", line 77, in main
****ctrl.reloadChannels()
**File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 352, in reloadChannels
****if not channel.fetch(self._fetcher, progress):
**File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/channels/yast2.py", line 81, in fetch
****uncompress = self._compressed
AttributeError: 'YaST2Channel' object has no attribute '_compressed'

It think that this describes my problem.
Any one an idea of what I can do to fix this?
I tried to reinstall Smart and look in Google, but with no success. And before a start is made to completely remove Smart, I want to know how this problem can be fixed in a less Spartanian way.

Have you tried rm /var/lib/smart/channels/* then running smart update?

It sounds like its got something corrupted in there.

Ok, so I asked Gustavo Niemeyer, the developer of smart, about this;

<linux_learner> niemeyer, whats this?
<linux_learner> AttributeError: 'YaST2Channel' object has no attribute '_compressed'
<niemeyer> linux_learner: An error that I've never seen
<niemeyer> linux_learner: Is this a patched version of Smart?
<linux_learner> ok
<linux_learner> dunno0
<linux_learner> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.ph...mp;#entry247220
<niemeyer> linux_learner: This object really has no _compressed method
<niemeyer> Erm.. attribute
<niemeyer> linux_learner: So whoever is accessing it is doing it incorrectly
<linux_learner> ok
<niemeyer> linux_learner: I believe it's an unofficial patch
<linux_learner> i dont see yaloki here, so i can't ask him[/b]

Hello.

It happened to me also while doing the "normal": update / upgrade / commit.

For some reason smart upgraded itself to 0.51-11 (0.51.-10 does not work either).

I solved it by force rpm install of packages with version 0.51-9 which seems to be the latests version for 686 systems.

Cheers.

Send a bug report to guru.

I will send a bug report when I have enough time to write a decent one. Very tight schedule now.

Thanks for the work by the way.