Bug#587575: mock broken due to its sub components exit with python exception

["w.goesgens" <w.goesgens@outgesourced.org>]

Package: mock
Version: 1.0.8-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

tried:
mock -r fedora-13-x86_64 --init > /tmp/log 2>&1
on my amd64 sid box. this seems to work in squeeze.

SID gives:
State Changed: cleaning yum metadata
INFO: enabled ccache
State Changed: running yum
ERROR: Command failed:
 # /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/fedora-13-x86_64/root/  groupinstall buildsys-build
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1522, in _progress_update
    if self._over_max_size(cur=self._amount_read-self._reget_length):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1539, in _over_max_size
    if cur > max_size + max_size*.10:
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1522, in _progress_update
    if self._over_max_size(cur=self._amount_read-self._reget_length):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1539, in _over_max_size
    if cur > max_size + max_size*.10:
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1522, in _progress_update
    if self._over_max_size(cur=self._amount_read-self._reget_length):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1539, in _over_max_size
    if cur > max_size + max_size*.10:
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'
http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/linux/fedora/linux/releases/13/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/c9f35fdd3fa196a5ed5d9257fccfe8832ade88eb35d3e0e7d6006b473b260794-primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - ""
Versuche anderen Spiegel-Server.

and so on until it reaches 'no more mirror' state.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mock depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  python                        2.6.5-5    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-decoratortools         1.7-3      version-agnostic decorators suppor
ii  python-support                1.0.8      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  rpm                           4.8.1-5    package manager for RPM
ii  usermode                      1.105-0.1  Graphical tools for certain user a
ii  yum                           3.2.25-1   Advanced front-end for rpm

mock recommends no packages.

mock suggests no packages.

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