Topic: Yum Updater - wrong URL to header.info by default?

[teis]

Hi there!

I fired up putty and logged in via shh to my server by local ip. No problems. I download newest rpm's for yum and python (?) from here
I saw the version-numbers are wrong but i gave it a try.
Wen i use 'yum update' i get those messages:

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[root@dreijer root]# yum update
Gathering package information from servers
Getting headers from: SME Server 6.5 os
Error getting file http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/6.5/os/e-smith/RPMS/headers/header.info


I see yum is trying to get updates from an old location. Is there any way i can make it use the
current?

I would really like some help here (if you got time make a step-by-step guide since i'm a windows user and not very sure of anything i do via shh in putty).

Thanks in advance.. and sorry for my bad english

[wellsi]

The problem that you are seeing is due to 6.5RC1 not being supported by the maintenance team - until now.

The team is in the final stages of agreeing how to support 6.5RC1 and more information will be made available very soon.

Until that time you need to modify /etc/yum.conf

Change the $releasever to 6.0

[teis]

viewing the file in pico with 'pico /ect/yum.conf' only resulsts in an empty file (i think).

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Can i get the file down onto my computer and edit it and then upload it again?

[wellsi]

The support for 6.5RC1 will be coming any day now, so I suggest that you leave /etc/yum.conf as it is. Once the support is in place it will 'just work'.

[teis]

Okay, I'm going to wait but one last question.

Do I have to remove the old YUM-RPM before I can install the new one? and where can i see if the new one is out?