On 7/12/07, Andre Robatino <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Recently, the error "[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum" often happens repeatedly while trying to download the file primary.sqlite.bz2 from different servers. It's common for this to happen around a dozen times or more, which since the file is 3.8M can add up to 50M just to download metadata to find out whether there are updates. For those on dialup, this is a major pain. Why is this happening? For example [root@localhost ~]# yum update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "presto" plugin Loading "dellsysidplugin" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up Presto livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00 dell-software 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00 adobe-linux 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 fwupdate 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 383 B 00:00 dribble 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00 Reading Presto metadata in from local files presto.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 95 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 6.2 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.0 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 30 kB 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 23 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 3.8 MB 00:11 http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror. primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 3.8 MB 00:11 http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum Trying other mirror. primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 3.8 MB 00:11
[snip] Yum is dumber than dumb when it comes to the mirrors list. It just goes down the list until a working site is found. Connection quality and speed are not used. You probably need another plugin, i.e. fastestmirror, to get mirrors that work with your connection. [Disclaimer: I do not use fastest mirror and cannot vouch for it.] The other choice is to examine the mirrors list, find a site that connects reliably, and hard code the site into the .repo file. [I use this method.]
