Unknown source messages like 'error initializing' appears in /var/log/messages

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Issue

When yum-updatesd is running various messages appear in /var/log/messages without a source identifier like

  • error initializing: (104, 'Connection reset by peer')
  • error initializing: (-1, 'Unexpected EOF')
  • error initializing: no element found: line 1, column 0
  • 1 update available

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • yum-updatesd prior to yum-updatesd-0.9-5.el5

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