-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CentOS] Trouble with 5.2==>5.3 upgrade From: R P Herrold <herrold at centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Date: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:58:09 PM > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, fred smith wrote: > > >>>> Downloading Packages: >>>> (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-128. 100% |=========================| 15 MB 05:41 >>>> http://centos.mirror.nac.net/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686.rpm: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download >>>> Trying other mirror. >>>> >>> http://mirror-status.centos.org/ is listing http://centos.mirror.nac.net/ >>> as 2 days late, so you might have been hitting an incomplete mirror. >>> >> Wouldn't surprise me. But I've tried this probably 10 times in the last >> 2-3 hours, would I always be that unlucky? >> >> And if so, how would I avoid that mirror? >> > > This issue was just raised in the main IRC channel as well. > By temporarily adding a line to /etc/hosts on the machine > seeking to pull updates, of the follow form, it will fail on > over to the next suggested entry: > > 127.0.0.2 centos.mirror.nac.net > > Remember to pull it out again in a few days. > > -- Russ herrold > Yes, unfortunately the mechanism within yum to try another mirror automatically seems to be broken in this instance. Perhaps someone with more knowledge about yum can take a look? -Blake -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090408/5f1840e1/attachment-0004.html>