[CentOS] yum update problems

Fri Oct 14 00:50:35 UTC 2005
William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>

I have two machines that run centos (one is my file/ntp server)so a 
local mirror isn't feasible.  It looks like i'll have to go the ftp 
route..:)

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 23:26 +0100, Will McDonald wrote:
> 
>>Could you host local Yum repositories either behind, or on, the
>>proxies themselves for each network or subnet?
>>
>>If you have a bunch of systems all updating from CentOS mirrors you
>>could speed up the whole update process, save bandwidth and
>>potentially side-step your proxy issues with a couple of well placed
>>rsync cron jobs.
> 
> 
> I agree with that ... local mirrors are good.
> 
> 
>>On 13/10/05, William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I found it.  There was another squid proxy present.  Is there any way to
>>>make yum less sensitive to proxies?
>>>
>>>
>>>William Warren wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am running 4.1.  I have all proxies out of the way.  One machine does
>>>>the following:
>>>>[root at enoch ~]# yum update
>>>>Setting up Update Process
>>>>Setting up Repos
>>>>dag                       100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>>base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>>extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>>>dag       : ################################################## 2605/2605
>>>>update    : ################################################## 16/16
>>>>base      : ################################################## 1406/1406
>>>>extras    : ################################################## 33/33
>>>>Resolving Dependencies
>>>>--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>>>>---> Package openssl.i686 0:0.9.7a-43.4 set to be updated
>>>>---> Package util-linux.i386 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12 set to be updated
>>>>--> Running transaction check
>>>>--> Processing Dependency: pam >= 0.77-66.8 for package: util-linux
>>>>--> Processing Dependency: libaudit.so.0 for package: util-linux
>>>>--> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>>Error: Missing Dependency: pam >= 0.77-66.8 is needed by package util-linux
>>>>Error: Missing Dependency: libaudit.so.0 is needed by package util-linux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mind you both pakcages ae actually installed.
>>>>
>>>>For the other machine i get:
>>>>[root at joshua ~]# yum update
>>>>Setting up Update Process
>>>>Setting up Repos
>>>>dag                       100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>update                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>>base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>>>extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>>>Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>>>primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 919 kB    00:00
>>>>MD Read   : ################################################## 2605/2605
>>>>dag       : ################################################## 2605/2605
>>>>primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 4.2 kB    00:00
>>>>MD Read   : ################################################## 16/16
>>>>update    : ################################################## 16/16
>>>>primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 466 kB    00:00
>>>>http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz:
>>>>[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
>>>>Trying other mirror.
>>>>Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from base: [Errno 256] No more
>>>>mirrors to try.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have used yum clean all and rebooted.  no dice.  Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>
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My "Foundation" verse:
Isa 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and 
every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt 
condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their 
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

-- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape"
CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician)

Linux user #322099
Machines:
206822
256638
276825
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