On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 01:16 +0930, Tim wrote: > Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji: > >> What could be the issue? > >> It is on Fedora 10. > > Alan Evans: > > I presume you can otherwise use the network -- DNS working, etc. So > > did you try "yum clean all"? I think you can even do it from one of > > the menus in yumex. > > Why do you suggest "yum clean all"? Would you also suggest format and > re-install? Why do people keep offering STUPID yum clean all advice? > Do people even know what it does? Does anyone think before issuing > advice anymore? > > It's rarely ever necessary. It wipes out your entire cache of > downloaded packages, forcing you to get them again if you're part way > through downloading/updating, wasting your bandwidth, time, and the > server. > > To clean the data about what's available to yum, simply use "yum clean > metadata". > > People, stop issuing stupid advice. Yes, it IS "stupid" advice, it's > offering things without due thought. That is what being stupid means. > > I think it would be more pleasant to use the word "wrong" instead of "stupid". Just for better relations between posters. -- ======================================================================= If a camel is a horse designed by a committee, then a consensus forecast is a camel's behind. -- Edgar R. Fiedler ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
