The error message 'error getting update info' appears in /var/log/messages

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Issue

  • The following error message appears in /var/log/messages.
Jan 14 04:01:12 host : error getting update info: tuple index out of range  
Jan 14 05:04:06 host : error getting update info: database is locked

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4
  • any arch

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