errors using yum to install from fedora (5) core repositories

[Python]

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 11:27 -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
> On 8/4/06, Python <python at venix.com> wrote:
> > I've been unable to to install packages from the fedora core
> > repositories (and mirrors).
> 
>   FWIW, I booted my FC5 install, and yum Worked For Me(TM).  The
> fedora-core.repo file does contain a URL that looks like the URL that
> was giving you trouble:
> 
> #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
> 
>   However, as you can see, it is commented out.  The actual file
> retrieved is the mirror list:
> 
> mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
> 
>   Retrieving that mirror list, I note that the primary Red Hat
> download server has a slightly different URL:
> 
> http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/$ARCH/os/
> 
>   That URL does appear to be valid.  So I would guess the
> commented-out URL is a leftover from before automatic mirror handling
> was implemented in YUM, several releases ago.
> 
>   Not that that explains what happened to you.

I am now back to working with the original URL's and mirror list.
Perhaps yum had some defective data in the cache.   Possibly a 
	yum clean (all?) 
should be the first step in dealing with odd install/update failures.

> 
> > NOTE that it inserts Fedora/ between os/ and RPMS/.
> 
>   As far as I know, Red Hat has "always" done this.  That is to say,
> they stick the name of the distribution between the "root" of the
> distribution directory (be it on CD or FTP) and the RPMS directory.
> So that isn't a recent change.
> 
>   Things that might explain this behavior:
> 
> - The mirror list got fscked up some how, and was later fixed
> - YUM's local cache of mirrors and other config information got
> scrogged on your system some how
> 
>   For reference, I'm attaching the /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo
> file from my FC5 system, which is basically a completely stock+updates
> FC5 install.  (I've been reviewing Debian "etch" the past couple of
> months, and I only installed FC5 as a reference for comparison.)
> 
> -- Ben

Thanks very much. for your help.

-- 
Lloyd Kvam
Venix Corp