On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 12:23 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 06:51:29 -0800 (PST) > Rickey Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> opined: > > > > > > --- David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I'll update our local yum repo HowTo (http://tqmcube.com/repo.php) > > > soon. In the interim, it is advisable (IMO - YMMV) to obtain the > > > rawhide createrepo which now, optionally, creates a local disk > > > cache > > > that significantly speeds up incremental runs. > > > > > > In addition to rawhide, I've made the release available via ftp: > > > ftp://ftp.tqmcube.com/pub/createrepo-0.4.3-5.1.noarch.rpm > > > > Thanks! When I tried to install it, rpm complained that there was no > > such filename or directory, > > I had no such problem. Of course I was upgrading from the FC4 package > which might have made a difference. Hmmm. > > > so I created /usr/share/createrepo and it > > installed normally. When I did yum makecache yesterday, it ran > > through a cycle of the install from sites information, then cycled > > again through the list, then cycled again!... so I ctrl c'd. What was > > going on? The first mirror was down and yum selected an alternate, > > then the cycling began. Ric > > > I am a tad confused. makecache forces yum to cache all the xml files > from a repository's metadata. It is most useful for things like "provides." > > Please review http://tqmcube.com/repo.php If I am missing something, > please let me know. > > This may be due to the current unusable state of the mirrors. I just tried using yum to do an update on one of my servers and each repo gave an error of "[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum" as it cycled through all the mirrors. > -- > Our DNSRBL - > Eliminate Spam: http://www.TQMcube.com > Multi-RBL Check: http://www.TQMcube.com/rblcheck.php > Zombie Graphs: http://www.TQMcube.com/zombies.php >
