Michael Mansour wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use Dag Wieers yam (depo) to mirror the SL repo's. > > The product is here: > > http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/depo/ > > I created an sl4.conf file with the following entries (gleamed from the > centos4.conf file): > > ### Name: Scientific Linux 4 > ### URL: https://www.scientificlinux.org/ > > [sl4] > name = ScientificLinux $release ($arch) > release = 44 > #arch = i386 x86_64 ia64 s390 s390x alpha > arch = i386 x86_64 > metadata = repomd repoview > > ### ISO images > iso = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/$release/iso/$arch/SL- > $release-$arch-disc?of4.iso > #os = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$release/os/$arch/CentOS/RPMS/ > #sl-base = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/SL/RPMS/ > > ### Additional repositories > sl-errata = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/errata/SL/RPMS/ > sl-fastbug = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/errata/fastbugs/RPMS/ > ##centosplus = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$release/centosplus/ > $arch/RPMS/ > ##extras = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$release/extras/$arch/RPMS/ > ##addons = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$release/addons/$arch/RPMS/ > sl-contrib = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/contrib/RPMS/ > ##sl-testing = > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/testing/ > $basearch/RPMS/ > ##csgfs = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$release/csgfs/$arch/RPMS/ > ##rhaps = ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/RHAPS2/ > $basearch/RPMS/ > > ### RPMforge repository > ##rpmforge = rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el4/en/ > $arch/RPMS.dag/ > #rpmforge = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/$arch/RPMS.dag/ > > ### OpenVZ repositories > #ovzkernel = http://download.openvz.org/kernel/rhel4/ > #ovztemplate = http://download.openvz.org/template/ > #ovzutils = http://download.openvz.org/utils/ > > ### Custom repository for your own RPM packages > custom = > > Needless to say it fails on each one that's uncommented with errors like: > > sl4-i386: Mirror packages from > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/ > to /home/Software/yam/sl4-i386/sl-contrib > mirror: Access failed: 550 Failed to change directory. (/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/contrib/RPMS) > yam: Mirroring failed for ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/ > $basearch/contrib/RPMS/ with message: > Failed with return code: 256 > > Has anyone got this working with SL and if so, can you please supply me the > conf file you're using? > > Thanks. > > Michael. Hi Michael, What if you changed $basearch to $arch for the scientific lines. It doesn't look like you have $basearch defined, but you do have $arch defined. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group __________________________________________________