Updates SOLVED! ... Or is it! ... vlc won't install

[Jim Cornette]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 17/01/2008, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On 15/01/2008, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>    Well at this point I know a great deal more than YOU do about yum. I
>>>>> am sorry you had no working ideas but thanks for a try at least.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What is the output from package-cleanup --problems and from
>>>> package-cleanup --dupes ?
>>> That's completely irrelevant to the problem of yum failing to download
>>> the "vlc" package from freshrpms.
>> Is it irrelevant? He mentioned using the --force option for rpm. He
>> could have uncompleted rpm transactions, multiple version installations
>> and other problems.
> 
> His yum output showed that yum failed to _download_ the vlc rpm. Yum
> gave up when verifying the package checksum. That is a step that has
> nothing to do with rpm transactions or multiple installed versions. It
> belongs into your "other problems" category, e.g. not enough space in
> /var, damaged files in yum's cache, network problems, ...
> 
> :)
> 

I'll admit my mistake for getting into such a confusing thread where I 
could not determine what was really going on. The download stopping part 
way through seems to be the problem that was addressed during that time 
I added my input to the thread.
I myself check the system for any signs of package conflicts before 
expecting yum to have a good base to work from. I run development so I 
check the system with those valuable yum add-ons personally whenever yum 
fails in some way.
Sorry for the sidetracking. The system being discussed with problems was 
blown away shortly after so there is no way to be sure.
A partially downloaded file in the cache for yum, conflicting 
repositories, not having the repositories enabled always and many more 
factors probably caused the failure to download. Other system 
instabilities were most likely there but had nothing to due with the 
immediate problem.

Jim

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