Michael DeHaan wrote: > Tom Brown wrote: >> Hi >> >> # rpm -qa | grep cobbler >> cobbler-1.0.3-1 >> >> I was adding some boxes to cobbler with a script but had to kill it half >> way through due to a box being added by mistake. I killed it but now >> when i run a cobbler sync or try to restart cobbler i get this >> >> Starting cobbler daemon: Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/bin/cobblerd", line 32, in ? >> api = bootapi.BootAPI() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 73, in >> __init__ >> self.deserialize() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 381, in >> deserialize >> return self._config.deserialize() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/config.py", line 169, >> in deserialize >> if not serializer.deserialize(x,topological=True): >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/serializer.py", line >> 88, in deserialize >> rc = storage_module.deserialize(obj,topological) >> File >> "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/modules/serializer_yaml.py", >> line 103, in deserialize >> datastruct = yaml.load(data).next() # first record >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/yaml/load.py", line 89, >> in next >> self.nestedDocs.nestToNextLine() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/yaml/stream.py", line >> 137, in nestToNextLine >> indentation = indentLevel(line) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cobbler/yaml/stream.py", line >> 12, in indentLevel >> while n < len(line) and line[n] == ' ': >> TypeError: len() of unsized object >> [FAILED] >> >> Anyone got any ideas how to clean this back up again? >> >> thanks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> > > You will need to either fix or delete the offending config file in > /var/lib/cobbler. > > This is generally a good reason to keep backups of the files in that > directory. > > --Michael > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
This issue is one we have run into a number of times as well. It arises from the way the yaml module handles the files. Right now, we are just careful to keep good backups (and to back the files up if we are going to be making major changes), but a better solution is to either fix cobbler/modules/serializer_yaml.py's interaction with the yaml module, or switch to a different serializer. Ben _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
