Alex wrote: > google for "centos error performing checksum" refers to createrepo but of > course "yum install createrepo" also fails and the instructions appear to be > overkill. Is there a "simple" soultion? > > here's the result of yum update: > > # yum -v update > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin > Config time: 0.118 > Yum Version: 3.2.22 > Setting up Package Sacks > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * base: mirror.science.uottawa.ca > * extras: mirror.science.uottawa.ca > * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de > * updates: mirror.science.uottawa.ca > rhel-src/primary | > 1.1 MB 00:02 > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/repodata/primary.xml.gz: > [Errno -3] Error performing checksum > Trying other mirror. > Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from rhel-src: [Errno 256] No more > mirrors to try. if you just want to update: disable the rhel-src repo, you don't need it.