On 10/01/2010 01:40 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> hi,
>
> yum-3.2.27-12 based on James's build of yum from EL6 on EL5 is now
> available on the c5-testing repo. Feel free to give it a shot and
> feedback is very welcome - even if its a case of 'it works'.
>
Something is rotten in the state of yum:
Please compare this:
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ rpm -q yum
yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ yumdownloader --source yum --enablerepo=c5-testing
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates
Finished
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.22-23.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.19-6.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.27-12.el5_from_el6.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.19-9.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch
No source RPM found for yum-3.2.17-0_beta_18_2.el5.centos.noarch
Nothing to download
with this:
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ sudo yum -y update yum --enablerepo=c5-testing
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade, changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror,
merge-conf
Determining fastest mirrors
base
| 2.1 kB 00:00
base/primary_db
| 2.1 MB 00:02
fasttrack
| 951 B 00:00
fasttrack/primary
| 206 B 00:00
updates
| 1.9 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db
| 769 kB 00:00
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates
Finished
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.2.27-12.el5_from_el6 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===========================================================================================================================
Package Arch
Version Repository Size
===========================================================================================================================
Updating:
yum noarch
3.2.27-12.el5_from_el6 c5-testing 1.3 M
Transaction Summary
===========================================================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Upgrade 1 Package(s)
Total size: 1.3 M
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating :
yum
1/2
warning: /etc/yum.conf created as /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew
Cleanup :
yum
2/2
Updated:
yum.noarch 0:3.2.27-12.el5_from_el6
Complete!
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ rpm -q yum
yum-3.2.27-12.el5_from_el6.noarch
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ yumdownloader --source yum --enablerepo=c5-testing
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 293, in ?
util = YumDownloader()
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 42, in __init__
self.main()
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 80, in main
self.downloadPackages(opts)
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 128, in downloadPackages
exactmatch, matched, unmatched =
parsePackages(self.pkgSack.returnPackages(), [pkg])
NameError: global name 'parsePackages' is not defined
[wolfy at wolfy2 tmp]$ yumdownloader --source yum
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 293, in ?
util = YumDownloader()
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 42, in __init__
self.main()
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 80, in main
self.downloadPackages(opts)
File "/usr/bin/yumdownloader", line 128, in downloadPackages
exactmatch, matched, unmatched =
parsePackages(self.pkgSack.returnPackages(), [pkg])
NameError: global name 'parsePackages' is not defined
[wolfy at wolfy2
tmp]$