RHEL6 Installation fails with `[abrt] anaconda-13.21.195: SyntaxError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 0`

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Issue

  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 and it fails with the following abrt error
:The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
:anaconda 13.21.195 exception report
:Traceback (most recent call first):
:  File "<string>", line 64, in __iter__
:  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/whiteout.py", line 46, in postreposetup_hook
:    for event, elem in iterparse(infile):
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 184, in run
:    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 105, in doSetup
:    self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup')
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 620, in _getRepos
:    self._repos.doSetup(thisrepo)
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 587, in doRepoSetup
:    return self._getRepos(thisrepo, True)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1390, in <lambda>
:    self.__withFuncDo(anaconda, lambda r: self.ayum.doRepoSetup(thisrepo=r.id),
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1420, in __withFuncDo
:    fn(repo)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1392, in doRepoSetup
:    callback=RepoSetupPulseProgress(anaconda.intf))
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1350, in doBackendSetup
:    self.doRepoSetup(anaconda)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 225, in doBackendSetup
:    if anaconda.backend.doBackendSetup(anaconda) == DISPATCH_BACK:
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 210, in moveStep
:    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
:    self.moveStep()
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 233, in currentStep
:    self.gotoNext()
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 602, in run
:    (step, instance) = anaconda.dispatch.currentStep()
:  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1132, in <module>
:    anaconda.intf.run(anaconda)
:SyntaxError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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