Re: RAR problem on dag

Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Danny Terweij wrote:
> 
> 
>>Its been a few weeks now that yum reports :
>>
>>Error Downloading Packages:
>>  rar - 3.5.1-1.1.fc3.rf.i586: failure: RPMS/rar-3.5.1-1.1.fc3.rf.i586.rpm
>>from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
>>
>>
>>Please fix so i dont have to do --exclude=rar  manualy
> 
> 
> Why do you presume that I can fix this ? :)
> 
> Yum doesn't say exactly what the problem is. It might be a corrupted 
> package locally, a disk full condition, a proxy problem, I can guarantee 
> that this package is available from the server without a problem.
> 
> See for yourself by downloading:
> 
> 	http://dag.wieers.com/packages/rar/rar-3.5.1-1.1.fc3.rf.i586.rpm
> 
> I also still do not understand why Yum cannot continue to work even when 
> there is 1 package that has a problem. I have reported this in bugzilla, 
> but have not heard back. Maybe you can report it as well.
> 
> PS I recommend using smart (both commandline and gui) for installing 
> packages as it gives much more control over the package management 
> experience.
> 
> PS2 Also install the rpmforge-release package for automatic configuration 
> (for apt, yum and smart) so that you are using one of the mirrors when 
> using yum, instead of a single mirror. Especially if you have a broken 
> proxy this might help.

first of all, you've got right (about you).
second, you've got right (about smart).
last but not least it seems dag's main repo is corrupt again and
repodata contains bad files. i know and heard about that it's apache
test site etc. but in the current case many people has many problem with
it:-(

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