Hi ! ( sorry break my engl ) ( russian :) ) I use REDHAT 9 + updates I download from freshrpms.net yum-2.0.1-1.rh.fr.src.rpm rebuild and install 1. i configure for local file. yum list ( no charset in headers table locale - ru_RU.UTF-8 ) -------------------- Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Mx FTP ????? ??????????? ??????? ????????? ??????????? ?????????? ???????? ???. ?????? Repo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XFree86-75dpi-fonts i386 4.2.0-73 mx d4x i386 2.4.1-fr1 mx .... BUGS ? ---------------------------- 2. I configre ftp repo yum list Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Mx FTP retrygrab() failed for: ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info Executing failover method failover: out of servers to try Error getting file ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info [Errno 6] ??????: URL ?? ?????????? ???????? Content-Length - ???-?? ?? ??? export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 yum list Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Mx FTP retrygrab() failed for: ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info Executing failover method failover: out of servers to try Error getting file ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info [Errno 6] ERROR: Url Return no Content-Length - something is wrong wget ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info --15:27:37-- ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info => `header.info' Resolving localhost... done. Connecting to localhost[127.0.0.1]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers ... done. ==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR header.info ... done. [ <=> ] 1,406 1.34M/s 15:27:37 (1.34 MB/s) - `header.info' saved [1406] no prolem ! I use pure-ftpd server. BUGS ? Thanks ! ------------------------------------------- pureftpd might be sending back odd data. try this: python /usr/share/yum/urlgrabber.pyc \ ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers/header.info see what error you get back. --- [root@x root]# python /usr/share/yum/urlgrabber.pyc ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers header.info throttle: 1.0, throttle bandwidth: 32768 B/s [Errno 6] ??????: URL ?? ?????????? ???????? Content-Length - ???-?? ?? ??? [root@x root]# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 [root@x root]# python /usr/share/yum/urlgrabber.pyc ftp://localhost/pub/linux/dis/redhat/9/contributes/headers header.info throttle: 1.0, throttle bandwidth: 32768 B/s [Errno 6] ERROR: Url Return no Content-Length - something is wrong --- ? -- MX JID: mx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 1002 ( icq.pvrr.mps ) [ Sorry. is time N/A ] mailto:mx@xxxxxxxxxxxx ( intranet only)