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Description of problem:
On performing an upgrade on severn with up2date from p.r.c (using rhn severn
updates channel).

up2date -l
...
Name-Version-Release        obsoleted by      Name-Version-Release
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
redhat-release-9.0.93-1                 rawhide-release-9.0.93-2
lokkit-0.50-24.1                        redhat-config-securitylevel-tui-1.2.3-1

I wanted to test out redhat-config-securitylevel-tui

up2date redhat-config-securitylevel-tui
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1148, in ?
    sys.exit(main() or 0)
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 747, in main
    fullUpdate, dryRun=options.dry_run))
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1014, in batchRun
    batch.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 64, in run
    self.__dryRun()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 134, in __dryRun
    self.percentCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 482, in dryRun
    ret = depsolve.solvedep()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 634, in solvedep
    ret = self.process_deps(deps)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 601, in process_deps
    changed = self.__dependencies(dependencies)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 464, in __dependencies
   for ob in obs:
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
up2date-3.9.18-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install severn
2. Configure up2date to talk to rhn update channel
3. up2date redhat-config-securitylevel-tui
    

Actual Results:  Python stack trace

Expected Results:  Package should be updated and obsoleted package removed

Additional info:

Had a quick look this worked:

#!/usr/bin/python
                                                                                
import sys
sys.path.append("/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client")
                                                                                
import rhnPackageInfo
                                                                                
obsoletes = rhnPackageInfo.obsoletesList()
                                                                                
for p in obsoletes:
        key = p[5]
        if key == "lokkit":
                print "%s obsoleted by %s" % (key,p[0])
# END FRAGMENT
lokkit obsoleted by redhat-config-securitylevel-tui