Hi Jeff, Thanks for the quick response. Already tried that (and I should have mentioned it): [root@oppenheimer yum]# yum -d 5 -e 5 clean Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base CacheDir: /var/cache/yum/base Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header. One extra line of 'crap'. Not much help there. -d 9 has nothing to add. The problem here, I think, is that yum doesn't think it's doing anything wrong...so not much in the way or errors to report. ;-) "Jeff Sheltren" <sheltren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote .. > Hi Joe, out of curiosity what gets output when you increase the debug/error > output from yum (using the -d -e flags)? I think something like 'yum -d > 5 > -e 5 update' will print out a bunch more 'crap'. Maybe this will help > trace > the problem. > > -Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Cooper > > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:19 PM > > To: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [Yum] What is "non-caching mode" and how do I get there? > > > > Hi Seth and all, > > > > I've got a weird bit of behavior (weird to me, anyway, though > > I'm getting what must look to someone like a sane error > > message) after an upgrade of an RH9 box to Fedora Core 1 via > > yum. I started getting this error from yum: > > > > [root@oppenheimer root]# yum update > > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 60, in ? > > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > > File "yummain.py", line 188, in main > > File "clientStuff.py", line 766, in get_package_info_from_servers > > File "clientStuff.py", line 103, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad > > ValueError: unpack list of wrong size > > > > So I decided (brilliantly, if I do say so myself), to delete > > the /var/cache/yum/* directories. This has worked in the > > distant past when yum has had corrupted bits and complained > > about them, so I figured it would work again. > > > > Alas, it was not to be. Now I get the following: > > > > [root@oppenheimer yum]# yum clean all > > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base > > Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found > > Please run yum in non-caching mode to correct this header. > > > > This looks like very sane and sensible advice. But my yum > > and yum.conf man pages have nothing about a non-caching mode, > > and a web search only turns up a snippet of a clientStuff.py > > patch with nothing about enabling this illusive mode. The > > yum --help mentions the -C switch for enabling caching, but > > that doesn't seem the right solution since yum is telling me > > to do the opposite. > > > > Anyone have a clue they can lend me? > > > > BTW-The yum is version 2.0.4-2 as it comes from Fedora. > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Joe Cooper <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Web caching appliances and support > > http://www.swelltech.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum Joe Cooper <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Web caching appliances and support http://www.swelltech.com
