[CentOS-mirror] md5sum mismatch from some mirrors

Tue Dec 11 02:07:49 UTC 2007
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> Hi all, hope this is on-topic for the list.
> 
> I'm getting md5 sum mismatch errors on a few RPM's I've retrieved from
> the icann.org mirror for CentOS 5.1.  Specifically the following RPM's:
> 
>   glibc-2.5.18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
>   glibc-common-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
>   samba-3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64.rpm
> 
> Note that the above files were copied from ICANN's rsync mirror.  The
> glibc RPM has the following md5sum:
> 
>   e3614bd667f56beb93c329aec4abd3cc  glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
> 
> It gives the following error when I try to isntall it:
> 
>   # rpm -Uvh glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm --force
>   warning: glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
>   Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>      1:glibc                  ########################################### [100%]
>   error: unpacking of archive failed on file /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so;475995a5: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch
>     
> However, if I download the file from ICANN's http mirror directly:
> 
>   19475c95f319da26d84e8bf9e63c9041  glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm
> 
> It installs fine with no complaints.
> 
> Both files have identical file sizes at 4891593.  Is this likely a
> side-effect of an rsync error on my end?  I did install the "bad" RPM
> above with --nomd5 and it began causing segmentation faults until I
> reverted to the "good" one.
> 
> I will remove the files in question and re-rsync, but as this has
> happened several times before I'm wondering if it's a common thing.
> 

can you still reproduce the issue ? if so, can you physcially md5sum the 
2 rpm's you get and let me know what those are ?

Also, in most cases, you will get better answers on the main centos list 
at http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos




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