[CentOS] yum update fails for 5.6

Mon Nov 7 16:46:33 UTC 2011
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr>

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.