dnf/yum Fails with "Aborted (core dumped)" Due to Empty Module File

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Issue

When running a yum or dnf command, such as dnf erase wget, the operation fails with the following error message:

# dnf erase wget
/usr/include/c++/8/bits/basic_string.h:1127: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::reference std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::front() [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::reference = char&]: Assertion '!empty()' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • dnf/yum

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