Hector, Thanks for trying all of those things and responding back. It looks to me like this is a problem with the proxy and not with the repository nor the specific package. I know you don't have access to the proxy, but if you can mention to the owner of the proxy that they badly need to upgrade the firmware then there's a good chance they'll be interested in fixing it. One more idea - any chance of hooking this box to a different network to see if that fixes the problem? Maybe via dialup? Or doing an ssh and port forwarding the ftp port to another box? As long as the other network doesn't have a proxy on it, that would isolate it to your network versus a problem with yum. Beyond that, sounds like manual downloads and updates are your ticket unless someone else here on the list knows a better solution or a reason why yum/urlgrabber would be causing this problem. The good news is that yum can help let you know when and what needs to be updated even if it has problems getting the files. good luck, Greg On 7/12/05, Hector Akamine <akamine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >
