-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [CentOS] Trouble with 5.2==>5.3 upgrade From: Blake Hudson <blake at ispn.net> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Date: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:12:25 PM > -------- 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any reason these bad mirrors are not pulled out of the rotation? I had no idea that a single old mirror would stop yum in its tracks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090408/076c9d04/attachment-0004.html>