On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:22:49 +0000, Lenard wrote:
>
> Download the source rpm to yum and rebuild the binary, as root from the
> console or xterm session;
>
> rpm -ivh
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...src.
rpm
>
> The above command is one long line, watch out for word wrap. A space is
> after the 'rpm -ivh' portion and before the rest. This will download and
> installs the source package.
>
> cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
>
> rpmbuild -bb yum.spec
>
> cd/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (or x86_64 or whatever)
>
> rpm -Uvh yum-2.3.2*.rpm --force

I had to uninstall the two newer Python packages listed below,
and install these versions.  After that, numerous yum versions
worked.

python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm
python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm

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