On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:14:31 -0500 (EST), Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have several identically configured (more or less) FC3 machines. On > most of them, "up2date <pkgname>" works as expected for original and > updated packages. But on one machine, if <pkgname> is the name of > a package in the original distribution that hasn't been updated, "up2date > <pkgname>" reports that the package cannot be found. > > This doesn't appear to have to do with mirrors, it has to do with the > particular machine. Multiple attempts on the different machines do rotate > through the mirrors but the results are consistent on each machine I try. > > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources is identical on all machines. > > Any idea where I should look for other differences that might cause this > inconsist behavior? > > TIA. > > On the odd machine (note the status "not found"): > > # up2date emacs > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3 > using mirror: > http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3 > using mirror: > http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/ > > Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3... > > Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3... > > Fetching rpm headers... > > Name Version Rel > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > The following packages you requested were not found: > emacs > > On the other machines (note the status "already updated": > > # up2date emacs > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/fedora-core-3 > using mirror: > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/ > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc3 > using mirror: > http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/ > > Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: fedora-core-3... > > Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: updates-released-fc3... > > Fetching rpm headers... > > Name Version Rel > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > The following packages you requested are already updated: > emacs > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Trying use yum instead. I think it is encouraged to use yum instead of up2date for FC releases. Instructions on yum are in man pages. Good luck -- Joe -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun...
