On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:56:48 +0530, Abhishek Rane wrote: > > $ grep timestamp /var/cache/yum/livna/repomd.xml > > <timestamp>1204481487</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1204481488</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1204481490</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp> > > <timestamp>1192366720</timestamp> > > > > Do you have a transparent proxy in the network? > > > > Can you debug a little bit and find out what "repomd.xml" file you > > have in your /var/cache/yum/livna directory? > > For example, fetch the metadata files manually and compare the > > checksums stored within it? > > > > $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml > > $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > > > > $ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2 > > 17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618 primary.sqlite.bz2 > > > > That checksum should be listed in the repomd.xml file: > > > > $ grep 17e08 repomd.xml > > <checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum> > > > > > [Abhishek@localhost livna]$ ls > cachecookie packages primary.sqlite repomd.xml > > [Abhishek@localhost livna]$ grep timestamp repomd.xml > <timestamp>1204449187</timestamp> > <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp> > <timestamp>1204449188</timestamp> > <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp> > <timestamp>1204449190</timestamp> > <timestamp>1204449182</timestamp> > <timestamp>1192366720</timestamp> That is the latest. > [Abhishek@localhost livna]$ grep 17e08 repomd.xml > <checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum> Good, too. > [Abhishek@localhost ~]$ wget > http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > --23:50:01-- > http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > => `primary.sqlite.bz2' > Resolving mirror.atrpms.net... 130.133.35.16 > Connecting to mirror.atrpms.net|130.133.35.16|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 273,424 (267K) [application/x-bzip2] Should be: Length: 278,041 (272K) [application/x-bzip2] $ stat primary.sqlite.bz2 | grep Mod Modify: 2008-03-02 10:13:10.000000000 +0100 See: wget --server http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > 100%[====================================>] 273,424 5.11K/s ETA 00:00 > > 23:50:37 (7.37 KB/s) - `primary.sqlite.bz2' saved [273424/273424] > > [Abhishek@localhost ~]$ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2 > 883464cd0b58a064878e9969f07685ce41850149 primary.sqlite.bz2 For reasons to find out your network gives you an old file that is inappropriate for the served repomd.xml file. Smells like a transparent proxy. > Should i overwrite the files primary.sqlite.bz2 and repomd.xml on the > previous ones stored in /var/cache/yum/livna ???? First you need a way to retrieve the latest metadata files.
