Hi and thanks for the replies, Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 03:41:27PM +0900, Hector Akamine wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just read the thread in which it is suggested to access a ftp server > > > instead of http to solve the "header is not complete" error when > > > behind a proxy. In my case it doesn't work (the output I get is > > > included below). I am using the yum version that comes with FC4. Any > > > suggestions? > > > > > > It looks like you have 50 items that need to be updated. Can you do a > #yum list updates > > and then choose a different package from that list and do a > #yum update <package> > > for that package? That will help identify if it's a "this package" problem. > > Also, if you can try using a different ftp repository that would help > us to see if this is a "this repository" or a "your broken proxy" > problem. Didn't have luck with any of these (yum output below). This time I used redhat's ftp server > > If it's just this package or just this repository, the solution is to > use a new repository. If it's your broken proxy, then you are likely > going to have to update/fix the proxy or create your own local yum > repository. > It seems that I will have to do the updates by hand. Fixing the proxy is not an option (don't have access to it), and probably don't have enough disk space to create a repository. other alternatives? Thanks, Hector [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories updates-released 951 B 00:00 extras 1.1 kB 00:00 base 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package hwdata.noarch 0:0.158.1-1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for metacity to pack into transaction set. metacity-2.10.0-2.fc4.i386.rpm 1.8 MB 00:20 ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/ metacity-2.10.0-2.fc4.i386.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. Error: failure: metacity-2.10.0-2.fc4.i386.rpm from updates-released: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum list updates Setting up repositories updates-released 951 B 00:00 extras 1.1 kB 00:00 base 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Updated Packages (lots of packages...) ... tcpdump.i386 14:3.8.2-13.FC4 updates-released util-linux.i386 2.12p-9.5 updates-released vixie-cron.i386 4:4.1-36.FC4 updates-released xorg-x11.i386 6.8.2-37 updates-released ... (more packages ....) [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update tcpdump Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories updates-released 951 B 00:00 extras 1.1 kB 00:00 base 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for tcpdump to pack into transaction set. tcpdump-3.8.2-13.FC4.i386.rpm 367 kB 00:04 ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/ tcpdump-3.8.2-13.FC4.i386.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. Error: failure: tcpdump-3.8.2-13.FC4.i386.rpm from updates-released: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
