createrepo: how to produce on Fedora12 a repository for CentOS5.4 and use it on CentOS

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:30 +0100, Dario wrote:

> Hi, it's possible on Fedora12 create a repository for Centos5.4?
> 
> I have tried to generate on my notebook with Fedora12 a yum repo for
> Centos and use it on CentOS system, but I get this error:
> 
> > local-updates/primary                                                                            | 105 kB     00:00     
> > file:///mnt/repo/c5.4/i386/updates/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -3] Error performing checksum
> > Trying other mirror.
> 
> I work on Fedora12 and after download the rpm from web into local folder
> i have run 'createrepo .' in this folder, but the repo is non usable
> from centos 5.4
> 
> Someone can help me?
> 
> many thanks
> 

Just a guess: maybe you need to run createrepo with a different
parameter for its -s/--checksum option?