Can't download EPEL RPMs using /bin/rpm after the move from download.fedora.redhat.com to download.fedoraproject.org

[Aleksey Tsalolikhin]

Hi.

The EPEL repo is very helpful, thanks for it!

I can no longer download EPEL RPMs using /bin/rpm after the move from
download.fedora.redhat.com to download.fedoraproject.org.

# rpm -ihv http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
Retrieving http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
error: skipping
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
- transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
warning: u 0x1f5ebe20 ctrl 0x2010e500 nrefs != 0
(download.fedoraproject.org http)
#

Could you please fix this?

Thanks and congratulations for moving out from redhat.com and to your
own domain.

Best,
Aleksey

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:45:58 -0800
Aleksey Tsalolikhin  wrote:
> Hi.
>
> The EPEL repo is very helpful, thanks for it!
>
> I can no longer download EPEL RPMs using /bin/rpm after the move from
> download.fedora.redhat.com to download.fedoraproject.org.
>
> # rpm -ihv
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> Retrieving
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> error: skipping
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
>
> warning: u 0x1f5ebe20 ctrl 0x2010e500 nrefs != 0
> (download.fedoraproject.org http)

This is because download.fedoraproject.org is a redirect to a mirror. 
rpm (in rhel5) doesn't follow them.
> Could you please fix this?

You can wget the file and install it with yum/rpm locally, or you could
use 'dl.fedoraproject.org' which is a direct hostname to the master
mirrors.
> Thanks and congratulations for moving out from redhat.com and to your
> own domain.

The download.fedora.redhat.com host has been pointing to fedora mirrors
for about 2 years now. We only just removed it to make sure people were
no longer using it. ;)

kevin

[Aleksey Tsalolikhin]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Kevin Fenzi  wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:45:58 -0800
> Aleksey Tsalolikhin  wrote:
> > I can no longer download EPEL RPMs using /bin/rpm after the move from
> > download.fedora.redhat.com to download.fedoraproject.org.
> >
> > # rpm -ihv
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> > Retrieving
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> > error: skipping
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch....
> > transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
> >
> > warning: u 0x1f5ebe20 ctrl 0x2010e500 nrefs != 0
> > (download.fedoraproject.org http)
>
> This is because download.fedoraproject.org is a redirect to a mirror.
> rpm (in rhel5) doesn't follow them.
> > Could you please fix this?
>
> You can wget the file and install it with yum/rpm locally, or you could
> use 'dl.fedoraproject.org' which is a direct hostname to the master
> mirrors.

OK.  Thank you.

I was following the procedure documented on the EPEL FAQ.  I'd like to
update this documentation on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_t...

with the above workaround for RHEL 5.  How do I request edit privs on
the Wiki, please?  I don't see a link to register for a Wiki account.

Yours very truly,
Aleksey

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:10:43 -0700
Aleksey Tsalolikhin  wrote:
> OK.  Thank you.
>
> I was following the procedure documented on the EPEL FAQ.  I'd like to
> update this documentation on
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_t...

Sigh. I wish that page had gone away when I redesigned things... but
people keep bringing it back.

The best way to look at it is:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F

From the front epel page.
> with the above workaround for RHEL 5.  How do I request edit privs on
> the Wiki, please?  I don't see a link to register for a Wiki account.

Anyone with a fedora account can edit the wiki. Feel free to correct
it.
> Yours very truly,
> Aleksey

kevin