Yum update issue

We're running yum updates from the RHEL 4 virtualmin yum repository.

We've been getting the following error messages from our yum cron script since at least 29 August:

[code:1] /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron:

Error: Missing Dependency: python-elementtree is needed by package yum Error: Missing Dependency: python-sqlite is needed by package yum Error: Missing Dependency: python-elementtree is needed by package yum Error: Missing Dependency: python-sqlite is needed by package yum [/code:1]

A more verbose update yields the same result:

[code:1] [root@snoopy etc]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up Repos virtualmin 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
virtualmin-universal 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files virtualmin: ################################################## 299/299 virtualmin: ################################################## 119/119 Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package yum.noarch 0:2.4.3-0.5.el4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: python-elementtree for package: yum --> Processing Dependency: python-sqlite for package: yum --> Processing Dependency: urlgrabber for package: yum --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package python-urlgrabber.noarch 0:2.9.8-0.3.el4 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: python-elementtree for package: yum --> Processing Dependency: python-sqlite for package: yum --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: python-elementtree is needed by package yum Error: Missing Dependency: python-sqlite is needed by package yum [/code:1]

The python-elementtree and python-sqlite do not appear to be availabe in the RHEL 4 virtualmin yum repository.

Is this a dependency issue with the recently updated (27 July) yum package? Or is there something else that I'm missing here?

Thanks,

-jeff