On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 15:42 -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
I am not experiencing problems with repository interrelationships just pure falure at certain (not easily predictable or repeatable) points retrieving certain packages During this time I received no indication of inability to communicate with other external sites on my other systems that are on the same cable router. What I experienced might well be a one-off scenario, but I can't know that without reporting the problem and inquiring if others are experiencing similar problems. I did get a few reports to indicate that no one else appears to be experiencing this problem, and I am thankful for the concrete suggestions for circumventing the problem.
I've seen the same thing since I first started using Centos (just after 4.0 was released). After "yum update" fails, I just hit the up arrow and try again. This has never been enough of a nuisance to complain about it, but since Collins has brought it up, I can confirm that the problem does exist.
Is there any way to have yum keep a verbose debug log that we could use to pinpoint the cause?
-David