Yum Keeps Giving Error

Abhishek Rane abhishekrane at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 16:59:49 UTC 2008


Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:56:48 +0530, Abhishek Rane wrote:
>
>   
>>> $ grep timestamp /var/cache/yum/livna/repomd.xml 
>>>     <timestamp>1204481487</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1204481488</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1204481490</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>>>     <timestamp>1192366720</timestamp>
>>>
>>> Do you have a transparent proxy in the network?
>>>
>>> Can you debug a little bit and find out what "repomd.xml" file you
>>> have in your /var/cache/yum/livna directory?
>>> For example, fetch the metadata files manually and compare the
>>> checksums stored within it?
>>>
>>> $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
>>> $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
>>>
>>> $ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2 
>>> 17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618  primary.sqlite.bz2
>>>
>>> That checksum should be listed in the repomd.xml file:
>>>
>>> $ grep 17e08 repomd.xml 
>>>     <checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> [Abhishek at localhost livna]$ ls
>> cachecookie packages primary.sqlite repomd.xml
>>
>> [Abhishek at localhost livna]$ grep timestamp repomd.xml
>> <timestamp>1204449187</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1204449188</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1204449190</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
>> <timestamp>1192366720</timestamp>
>>     
>
> That is the latest.
>  
>   
>> [Abhishek at localhost livna]$ grep 17e08 repomd.xml
>> <checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum>
>>     
>
> Good, too.
>  
>   
>> [Abhishek at localhost ~]$ wget 
>> http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
>> --23:50:01-- 
>> http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
>> => `primary.sqlite.bz2'
>> Resolving mirror.atrpms.net... 130.133.35.16
>> Connecting to mirror.atrpms.net|130.133.35.16|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: 273,424 (267K) [application/x-bzip2]
>>     
>
> Should be:
> Length: 278,041 (272K) [application/x-bzip2]
>
> $ stat primary.sqlite.bz2 | grep Mod
> Modify: 2008-03-02 10:13:10.000000000 +0100
>
> See:
> wget --server http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
>
>   
>> 100%[====================================>] 273,424 5.11K/s ETA 00:00
>>
>> 23:50:37 (7.37 KB/s) - `primary.sqlite.bz2' saved [273424/273424]
>>
>> [Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2
>> 883464cd0b58a064878e9969f07685ce41850149 primary.sqlite.bz2
>>     
>
> For reasons to find out your network gives you an old file that is
> inappropriate for the served repomd.xml file. Smells like a transparent
> proxy.
>  
>   
>> Should i overwrite the files primary.sqlite.bz2 and repomd.xml on the 
>> previous ones stored in /var/cache/yum/livna ????
>>     
>
> First you need a way to retrieve the latest metadata files.
>
>   
I guess it works this way but not without disabling freshrpms .I changed 
my ip address to another one ( i am using static ips)..Now how to remove 
the freshrpms repo??
[Abhishek at localhost ds]$ wget --server 
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
--22:27:07--  
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
           => `primary.sqlite.bz2'
Resolving mirror.atrpms.net... 130.133.35.16
Connecting to mirror.atrpms.net|130.133.35.16|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:58:14 GMT
  Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat)
  Last-Modified: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:11:30 GMT
  ETag: "ed0055-43e19-4477833599880"
  Accept-Ranges: bytes
  Content-Type: application/x-bzip2
  Content-length: 278041
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Age: 100744
Length: 278,041 (272K) [application/x-bzip2]

100%[====================================>] 278,041        9.67K/s    
ETA 00:00

22:27:42 (7.92 KB/s) - `primary.sqlite.bz2' saved [278041/278041]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Abhishek at localhost ds]$ stat primary.sqlite.bz2 | grep Mod
Modify: 2008-03-02 23:41:30.000000000 +0530
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sudo yum --disablerepo=freshrpms install firefox picasaLoading 
"fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.10 for package: devhelp
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.10 for package: epiphany
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.10 for package: yelp
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.10 for package: 
epiphany-extensions
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.10 for package: liferea
--> Processing Dependency: firefox = 2.0.0.10-3.fc8 for package: 
firefox-devel
---> Package picasa.i386 0:2.2.2820-5 set to be updated
---> Package firefox.i386 0:2.0.0.12-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epiphany.i386 0:2.20.2-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package epiphany-extensions.i386 0:2.20.1-5.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package firefox-devel.i386 0:2.0.0.12-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.20.0-7.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package liferea.i386 0:1.4.11-2.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package devhelp.i386 0:0.16.1-5.fc8 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 picasa                  i386       2.2.2820-5       google             21 M
Updating:
 firefox                 i386       2.0.0.12-1.fc8   updates            21 M
Updating for dependencies:
 devhelp                 i386       0.16.1-5.fc8     updates           198 k
 epiphany                i386       2.20.2-3.fc8     updates           5.4 M
 epiphany-extensions     i386       2.20.1-5.fc8     updates           833 k
 firefox-devel           i386       2.0.0.12-1.fc8   updates           3.5 M
 liferea                 i386       1.4.11-2.fc8     updates           978 k
 yelp                    i386       2.20.0-7.fc8     updates           710 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)        
Update       7 Package(s)        
Remove       0 Package(s)        

Total download size: 53 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n




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