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Old 08-15-2004, 01:19 AM   #1
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bad 'updates' header.info from freshrpms.net?


anyone noticed this over the last few days?

Code:
[root@c0re yum]# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms - Stable
Server: Mozilla.org Seamonkey builds
Server: NewRPMS
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
Damaged or Bad header.info from Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
This is probably because of a downed server or an invalid header.info on a repository.
so in light of the error, i go in and blow away /var/cache/yum/updates/header.info to get a fresh copy, same error. did a rpm --freshen yum*.rpm from a freshly downloaded package, same error. removed and reinstalled yum, same error.

so i go and modify /etc/yum.conf to not check this partiular repo for new packages. now everythings working fine, except im not checking for 'updates' on freshrpms.net.

Code:
[root@c0re etc]# yum clean
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms - Stable
Server: Mozilla.org Seamonkey builds
Server: NewRPMS
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Finding updated packages
Cleaning packages and old headers
[root@c0re etc]# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms - Stable
Server: Mozilla.org Seamonkey builds
Server: NewRPMS
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers

 << many headers downloaded >>

Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SDL_ttf                             i386   2.0.6-2.rhfc1.at         ATrpms - Stable
lftp                                i386   3.0.7-14.rhfc1.at        ATrpms - Stable
mozilla                             i386   37:1.7.2-0.1.0           Mozilla.org FC1 builds
mozilla-mail                        i386   37:1.7.2-0.1.0           Mozilla.org FC1 builds
mozilla-nspr                        i386   37:1.7.2-0.1.0           Mozilla.org FC1 builds
mozilla-nss                         i386   37:1.7.2-0.1.0           Mozilla.org FC1 builds
php                                 i386   4.3.8-1.1_4.rhfc1.at     ATrpms - Stable
php-imap                            i386   4.3.8-1.1_4.rhfc1.at     ATrpms - Stable
php-ldap                            i386   4.3.8-1.1_4.rhfc1.at     ATrpms - Stable
php-mbstring                        i386   4.3.8-1.1_4.rhfc1.at     ATrpms - Stable
xmms-crossfade                      i386   0.3.5-1.1.fc1.fr         freshrpms
so my question is, has anyone noted any problems with freshrpms.net in the last few days? everything that ive played with so far is telling me that the problem might be on that side, but i have no way to confirm. [seems so unlikely, but i would like to confirm, or strike it off my troubleshooting list.]
 
Old 08-16-2004, 06:45 AM   #2
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ok... odd.

getting the same problem on my rig here at work. both running FC1.
 
Old 08-17-2004, 12:49 AM   #3
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i got that 2, i think there repos is down. find a new 1 ill post it when i find a good 1.
 
Old 08-17-2004, 10:57 PM   #4
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must be some sort of .hdr vs. header.info disagreement. heres what i got tonight. you can see where things went bad quite clearly.

Code:
[root@c0re nex]# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms - Stable
Server: Dag RPM Repo
Server: Mozilla.org Seamonkey builds
Server: NewRPMS
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
desktop-file-utils-0-0.3- 100% |=========================| 2.2 kB    00:00
retrygrab() failed for:
  http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linu...-10.1.i386.hdr
  Executing failover method
failover: out of servers to try
Error getting file http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linu...-10.1.i386.hdr
[Errno -1] Header cannot be opened or does not match desktop-file-utils, i386.
so, bad header. repeated mismatch/corruption or something like that.

Code:
[root@c0re nex]# nano -w /etc/yum.conf
---
[root@c0re nex]$  head -20 /etc/yum.conf
# $Id: yum-fd.conf 378 2004-04-30 16:33:52Z dude $
                                                                                                             
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
gpgcheck=1
tolerant=1
exclude= yum kernel kernel-source desktop-file-utils
exactarch=1
so just exclude the apparently bad header from the check.

Code:
[root@c0re nex]# yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: ATrpms - Stable
Server: Dag RPM Repo
Server: Mozilla.org Seamonkey builds
Server: NewRPMS
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
tzdata-0-2004b-1.fc1.noar 100% |=========================|  28 kB    00:00
libpng10-0-1.0.15-7.i386. 100% |=========================| 2.8 kB    00:00

[[ many headers downloaded ]]

rhdb-utils-0-2.0-2.i386.h 100% |=========================| 1.6 kB    00:00
rhn-applet-0-2.1.4-3.i386 100% |=========================| 6.5 kB    00:00
Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hermes                              i386   1.3.3-3.1.fc1.dag        Dag
a52dec                              i386   0.7.4-7.1.fc1.dag        Dag

[[ many updates displayed ]]

xmms-speex                          i386   0.9.1-3.1.fc1.dag        Dag
zvbi                                i386   0.2.8-1.1.fc1.dag        Dag
  
[root@c0re nex]#
success!!

 
Old 08-18-2004, 10:38 AM   #5
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haha yeah that works to heres a couple extra repos anyways.

# The Dries yum repository for fc1. This repository depends on packages in
# the Dag, FreshRPMS and NewRPMS repositories.
[http-dries.studentenweb.org-yum-fedora-linux-1-i386-dries-]
name=http-dries.studentenweb.org-yum-fedora-linux-1-i386-dries-
baseurl=http://dries.studentenweb.org/yum/fedora/linux/1/i386/dries/

and

#BE CAREFUL!
# Latest 2.6 kernel rpms
[http-people.redhat.com-arjanv-2.6-]
name=http-people.redhat.com-arjanv-2.6-
baseurl=http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/
 
  


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