Topic: Yum Update error

[jameswilson]

Hi all
have

[root@backup-big-vm ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protect-packages, smeserver
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.econdc.com
 * smeaddons: mirror.canada.pialasse.com
 * smeextras: mirror.canada.pialasse.com
 * smeos: mirror.canada.pialasse.com
 * smeupdates: mirror.canada.pialasse.com
 * updates: mirrors.clouvider.net
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.econdc.com/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.synergyworks.co.uk/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.vorboss.net/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://centos.serverspace.co.uk/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.ukhost4u.com/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://repo.bigstepcloud.com/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/centos/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
base/primary                                             | 2.5 kB     00:00
http://centos.mirroring.pulsant.co.uk/5.11/os/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

have tried yum clean all to no avail

Thanks

[janet]

jameswilson

From the FAQ, try
yum clean metadata
yum clean all --enablerepo=*
then
yum update

[CharlieBrady]

From the FAQ, try
yum clean metadata
yum clean all --enablerepo=*
then
yum update

What's the point of the "clean metadata" if you follow with "clean all"?

[Stefano]

@jameswilson: do you have any proxy in front of your SME?

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section01#General

[jameswilson]

@jameswilson: do you have any proxy in front of your SME?

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ:Section01#General

Yes another sme server, this is a backup machine using Affa backing up the main server

[jameswilson]

jameswilson

From the FAQ, try
yum clean metadata
yum clean all --enablerepo=*
then
yum update

I have already tried all that but ty

[stephdl]

What's the point of the "clean metadata" if you follow with "clean all"?

you are right, it is a documentation bug, it should be splitted and explained, if a wiki jedi wants to correct it, thanks

[Stefano]

Yes another sme server, this is a backup machine using Affa backing up the main server

did you follow the advices you found in the wiki page I linked?

[janet]

jameswilson

Yes another sme server, this is a backup machine using Affa backing up the main server

As per the FAQ:
To flush the up stream proxies, using wget, run:

wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/primary.xml.gz
wget --cache=off http://apt.sw.be/fedora/3/en/i386/dag/repodata/repomd.xml
yum update

[janet]

CharlieBrady

What's the point of the "clean metadata" if you follow with "clean all"?

Yes, no point.
The FAQ did include an "or" which was left out of my post
ie the FAQ actually says
yum clean metadata
or
yum clean all --enablerepo=*
then
yum update

so I do not think there is documentation error or bug.