yum command returns TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'timeout'

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Issue

Running any yum command or rhnreg_ks command ends with python traceback and following error:

TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'timeout'

Environment

  • RHEL 6

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