gistfile1.py

--- /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/history.py.orig        2014-03-06 18:38:17.403998494 -0700
+++ /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/history.py     2014-03-10 20:03:02.786998710 -0600
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
                 continue
             if sql_checksum is None:
                 continue
-            if checksum == sql_checksum:
+            if to_unicode(checksum) == to_unicode(sql_checksum):
                 return sql_pkgtupid
         
         if not create:
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
                              """INSERT INTO pkgtups
                                 (name, arch, epoch, version, release, checksum)
                                 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)""", (n,a,e,v,r,
-                                                               checksum))
+                                                               to_unicode(checksum)))
         else:
             res = executeSQL(cur,
                              """INSERT INTO pkgtups