> [userid@host apt.sw.be]# md5sum */*/*/*/*/*/* > 9a540cfd35d4f9ddd1437ca43a096b3d fedora/2/en/i386/dag/headers/header. > info > 2397997a58cc1244a63c806276e37c2d redhat/fc2/en/i386/dag/headers/ > header.info > > uhm .. two different files ? > Doesn't redhat/fc2/ is symlink to fedora/2/ (or fedora/$releasever/ > thing) ??? > I would surmise as well. Could md5sum be generating a checksum for the symbolic link instead of the target? (I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of md5sum personally). > xxd of fedora/2/ .... /header.info > > 0000000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ > 0000010: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ > > uhmmm ... Houston, we are a problem ;) > > ... and now .. from a yum check-update: > > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20 100% |=========================| 2.0 kB > 00:00 > retrygrab() failed for: > > http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/core/2/i386/dries//headers/perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20-1.1.fc2.dries.i386.hdr > Executing failover method > failover: out of servers to try > Error getting file > http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/core/2/i386/dries//headers/perl-Inline-Python-0-0.20-1.1.fc2.dries.i386.hdr > [Errno -1] Header cannot be opened or does not match perl-Inline- > Python, i386. > > ( ... TWO problems !? ;p) The freshrpms list is getting posts of a similar nature. It would appear that Dag's site is being updated or overloaded and is timing out.