--- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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: > > > 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. I bet that was what is was... it got a pile of garbage, then announced that it was trying an alternate mirror, then all of the recycling began. Thanx, RIc ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
