Quoting m.roth at 5-cent.us: > Dave wrote: >> >> For about a week a biug stack of updates have been pending for CENTOS >> but I can't install them. The yum update command leads to dependency >> resolution in the usual way but it always ends in this: >> >> ---> Package poppler-utils.i386 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11 set to be updated >> ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-qxl.i386 0:0.0.12-1.2.el5 set to be updated >> --> Running transaction check >> --> Processing Dependency: gmime = 2.2.10-5.el5.centos for package: >> gmime-sharp >> ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk.i386 1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5 set to be >> updated >> http://linux.mirrors.es.net/fedora-epel/5/i386/repodata/0a2db1a48154104f63a81022653699a425c794c3-filelists.sqlite.bz2: >> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not >> Found >> Trying other mirror. > <snip> > I see it's trying to get a file list. I started upgrading this week, and > get the occasional pkgKey not found. You might try what I found as the > answer: yum clean all, yum clean metadata. > > mark well, I'm now much better off in consequence of disabling epel, 179 updates went through just fine. the cleanup with yum didn't seem to have the desired effect: [root at cserver admin]# yum check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: ftp.telus.net * base: ftp.telus.net * epel: linux.mirrors.es.net * extras: ftp.telus.net * updates: ftp.telus.net gmime.i386 2.2.25-1.el5 epel wxBase.i386 2.8.11-1.el5 epel wxGTK.i386 2.8.11-1.el5 epel [root at cserver admin]# yum clean all Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Cleaning up Everything Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors [root at cserver admin]# yum clean metadata Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities 0 metadata files removed 0 sqlite files removed 0 metadata files removed [root at cserver admin]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Determining fastest mirrors Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=addons error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: addons [root at cserver admin]# so definite progress but not quite there yet. thanks for the help. Dave > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti