Try doing a: rm -rf /var/cache/yum/* Bob On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 22:36 -0500, mycox wrote: > At 10:23 PM 5/24/2005, you wrote: > >On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:04:47PM -0500, mycox wrote: > > > Now, I wish to make sure it is properly updated on a regular basis. So I > > > attempted to first use yum by attempting some non-committal commands like > > > "yum check-update" and "yum list all". Both produced errors similar to > > > those below. > > > On a client Windows PC, I download the latest copy of yum from the Duke > > Yum > > > website. > > > It was then transferred the file to the FC3 PC and installed as seen below. > > > >I think something in here was your problem. Why not use the yum that came > >with FC3? > > > >-- > >Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> > > Okay Matt, > > Following your suggestion, I removed the current yum version, and reloaded > from the distribution CD. The following it the results. > > [root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx RPMS]# rpm -ivh yum-2.1.11-3.noarch.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > 1:yum ########################################### [100%] > [root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~]# yum list all > Setting up Repo: base > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > Setting up Repo: updates-released > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 8, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 68, in main > result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 412, in doCommands > ypl = self.returnPkgLists() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 954, in returnPkgLists > ypl = self.doPackageLists(pkgnarrow=pkgnarrow) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 612, in > doPackageLists > self.doRepoSetup() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 78, in doRepoSetup > self.doSackSetup() > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 93, in > doSackSetup > self.repos.populateSack() > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 203, in > populateSack > dobj = repo.cacheHandler.getPrimary(xml, csum) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 103, in > getPrimary > return self._getGeneric('metadata', location, checksum) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 90, in > _getGeneric > databank = self._unpickle(piklfile) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/mdcache.py", line 62, in > _unpickle > obj = cPickle.load(infh) > EOFError > > Does this give any clues as to what is going on? > > Tom Raab > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -- Bob Kashani http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bobk/garnome
