From: "Massimo S." <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [eCS-ISP] [warp] ANPM-YUM-RPM troubles
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Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 09:47:14 +0100
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Il 29/10/2026 21:27, Massimo S. ha scritto:
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> Il 29/10/2026 21:18, Massimo S. via main ha scritto:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i'd need to upgrade openSSL, but..
>>
>> if i write yum update openssl i get an error..
>> Very strange i use yum often, it always works on that VM..
>>
>> It also say that there are uncomplete transaction and to run
>> yum-complete-transaction that of course do not work..
>>
>> Anyway if i try to upgrade a package, i get a river of errors:
>> (i'm sorry if it show badly, but thunderbird do stuff like this..)
>>
>> Download dei pacchetti:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "C:\USR\BIN\YUM", line 29, in <module>
>>      yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>>    File "/@unixroot/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 288, in user_main
>>      errcode = main(args)
>>    File "/@unixroot/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 223, in main
>>      return_code = base.doTransaction()
>>    File "/@unixroot/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 500, in doTransaction
>>      problems = self.downloadPkgs(downloadpkgs, callback_total=self.download_call  File 
>> "/@unixroot/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1962,     if not self.verifyPkg(local, 
>> po, False):
>>    File "/@unixroot/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1891,     os.unlink(fo)
>>
>>
>> I tought, ok, let's update yum, so yum update yum...
>>
>> No, you can't, you need to upgrade RPM to version 4.15.17..
>>
>> But if i try to upgrade RPM i get the same error.
>>
>>
>> Not to say that i tried also ANPM, but it was old, so i tried to install 1.1.2
>> and it need a new Warpin, everywhere links point to hobbes.nmsu.edu that do not
>> exist anymore, the Warpin page at Netlabs point to hobbes.nmsu.edu, so i go to
>> hobbes archive, that has banned me (why? i rarely download stuff from that website),
>> but finally i was able to download it (luckily) from eCSoft/2 that has a local copy.
>>
>> I install Warpin 1.0.26, like in the past **the UI complete freeze if run via VNC**
>> so that i had to power off the VM (AOS 503) and install it from the Virtual box'host server.
>>
>> After i update ANPM to 1.1.2 and it complain that it need at least warpin 0.9.14..
>> Doh, i've installed 1.0.26, so i do a reboot.
>> ANPM still complain, i start manually Warpin, i dunno what happened but after
>> ANPM start.
>>
>> So i try to upgrade RPM or YUM from ANPM, but it gives the same errors.
>> If i try to reinstall the same version of YUM i get errors too.
>>
>> I'm in a deadly loop. :D
>>
>> I ask someone, if could help me in this situation, thanks.
>>
>>
>> massimo
> 
> And also phyton that has now zombified and become unkillable..
> 
> Killed an instance of PYTHON2.7.EXE with PID 246.
> Killed an instance of PYTHON2.7.EXE with PID 246.
> Killed an instance of PYTHON2.7.EXE with PID 246.
> Killed an instance of PYTHON2.7.EXE with PID 246.
> Killed an instance of PYTHON2.7.EXE with PID 246.
> 
> 
> massimo

It closed after some retry.

But i've seen that my issue is python on platform i686,
due for an old installation of the yum/rpm stack.

All the rest (yum, rpm, libc etc. etc.) is not updated to
the latest builds on pentium4 platform.

But i'm not able to migrate python from i686 to p4.

massimo