Why yum is is failing with error "TypeError: Parsing filelists.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found"

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Issue

  • Why yum is is failing with error "TypeError: Parsing filelists.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found"
  • Why yum is failing with python traceback and the following error "TypeError: Parsing filelists.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found" ?
  • Yum fails with following errors:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
     yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
     errcode = main(args)
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
     result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 345, in doCommands
     self._getTs(needTsRemove)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 101, in _getTs
     self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 112, in _getTsInfo
     pkgSack = self.pkgSack
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 662, in <lambda>
     pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 502, in _getSacks
     self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in populateSack
     sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 190, in populate
     dobj = repo_cache_function(xml, csum)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py", line 42, in getPrimary
     self.repoid))
    TypeError: Parsing primary.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
  • yum 3.2.22-40.el5

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