Re: Adding packages via yum

[Trey Sizemore]

On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 18:31, Michael Stenner wrote:
>  On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 04:49:08PM -0400, Trey Sizemore wrote:
>  > On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 09:05, Wayne Steenburg wrote:
>  > Well, I've been using the yum.conf I've posted earlier in the thread,
>  > and I'm still getting 'retrygrab() failed for:' messages on all my
>  > mirrors.  Someone have a yum.conf that's working for them that I could
>  > try?
>  
>  A couple of notes:
>  
>  1) Providing the end of the error (where it says specifically what
>     went wrong) is more illuminating than saying "getting 'retrygrab()
>     failed for' messages".  Now, you posted the entire error in the
>     original message, so I'm not chastising you... just offering
>     general advice to the community :) 
As you mentioned, posted earlier in the thread.  
>  
>  2) Adding a baseurl is not (and should not be perceived to be)
>     mysterious.  The baseurl is simply the location where "headers/"
>     lives.  So, when I see this: 
<SNIP>

I didn't say adding a baseurl WAS mysterious.

>  
>     My point is this: If you want to use a given mirror but they've
>     changed their filesystem layout, or someone gave you a bad baseurl,
>     you need only find the place where the headers/ dir lives.  You can
>     usually do this in about 60 seconds with your favorite browser.
>  
>     I almost NEVER bother looking for a yum.conf snippet or documented
>     baseurl.  I find it much faster to simply browse the repo looking
>     for the headers dir.
>  
>  I hope this is useful. 
Actually, I had asked for known good mirrors so...:-)

I think you had good intentions, though.

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Cheers,
Trey
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