On 08/30/2013 12:15 PM, Emyr James wrote: > Hi, > > I just did a new install of SL6.4. Yum update is failing with the following... > > # yum update > Loaded plugins: security > sl | 3.7 kB 00:00 > sl-security | 3.0 kB 00:00 > sl-security/primary_db | 3.3 MB 00:00 > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum > Trying other mirror. > sl-security/primary_db | 3.8 MB 00:00 > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum > > etc. > > I did the usual trick of yum clean metadata / yum clean all and it made no > difference. > > I uncommented the mirrorlist in /etc/yum.repos.d/sl.repo and tried again. It > goes through all of them....here are some highlights... > > Trying other mirror. > http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 416 Unknown" > Trying other mirror. > ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 36 - "Offset (8016072) was beyond file size (4008036)" > Trying other mirror. > http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/scientificlinux/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 416 Unknown" > Trying other mirror. > ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/scientificlinux/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 36 - "Offset (8016072) was beyond file size (4008036)" > Trying other mirror. > http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 416 Unknown" > Trying other mirror. > ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/scientific/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 36 - "Offset (8016072) was beyond file size (4008036)" > Trying other mirror. > http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/scientificlinux.org/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 416 Unknown" > Trying other mirror. > ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/scientificlinux.org/6.4/x86_64/updates/security/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 36 - "Offset (8016072) was beyond file size (4008036)" > > It went through the whole list and failed on them all. > > The only way to get yum to work is to disable the sl-security repo. I take > it there is a problem with primary.sqlite.bz2 for this repo ? > > If not...how can I fix this problem ? > > Cheers, > > Emyr Hello Emyr, That is very surprising! I just ran 'yum clean all; yum makecache' on my SL 6.4 x86_64 box with no issues: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase, refresh-packagekit, security Determining fastest mirrors * sl6x: ftp2.scientificlinux.org * sl6x-fastbugs: ftp2.scientificlinux.org * sl6x-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org sl6 | 3.7 kB 00:00 sl6/group_gz | 212 kB 00:00 sl6/filelists_db | 5.1 MB 00:00 sl6/primary_db | 4.2 MB 00:00 sl6/other_db | 1.9 MB 00:00 sl6-fastbugs | 3.0 kB 00:00 sl6-fastbugs/filelists_db | 535 kB 00:00 sl6-fastbugs/primary_db | 450 kB 00:00 sl6-fastbugs/other_db | 649 kB 00:00 sl6-security | 3.0 kB 00:00 sl6-security/filelists_db | 2.8 MB 00:00 sl6-security/primary_db | 3.8 MB 00:00 sl6-security/other_db | 420 kB 00:00 sl6x | 3.7 kB 00:00 sl6x/group_gz | 212 kB 00:00 sl6x/filelists_db | 5.1 MB 00:00 sl6x/primary_db | 4.2 MB 00:00 sl6x/other_db | 1.9 MB 00:00 sl6x-fastbugs | 3.0 kB 00:00 sl6x-fastbugs/filelists_db | 535 kB 00:00 sl6x-fastbugs/primary_db | 450 kB 00:00 sl6x-fastbugs/other_db | 649 kB 00:00 sl6x-security | 3.0 kB 00:00 sl6x-security/filelists_db | 2.8 MB 00:00 sl6x-security/primary_db | 3.8 MB 00:00 sl6x-security/other_db | 420 kB 00:00 Metadata Cache Created Do you have a proxy server between you and the internet? How about /var/cache/yum/ is there a bunch of space there? Pat -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux developer http://www.scientificlinux.org/
