Why yum throws "/usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so: error: relocation error: symbol XML_SetHashSalt, version EXPAT_2_0_1_RH not defined in file libexpat.so.1 with link time reference (fatal)" error and hangs further?

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Issue

  • Yum throwing following error and hangs further:
/usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so: error: relocation error: symbol XML_SetHashSalt, version EXPAT_2_0_1_RH not defined in file libexpat.so.1 with link time reference (fatal)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • expat-2.0.1-11.el6_2.x86_64

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