Kevin Layer wrote: > I mirror the FC6 repos from kernel.org. I successfully upgraded a > machine running FC5 to FC6 with it. I can install packages on that > system with yum fine. > > I installed a fresh copy of FC6 on another machine. After the > installed, this is the first thing I did: > > [root@relay cache]# yum install emacs > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Install Process > Setting up repositories > core 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 772 kB 00:00 > ################################################## 2242/2242 > Parsing package install arguments > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Downloading header for emacs to pack into transaction set. > media://1161131669.029329%233/Fedora/RPMS/emacs-21.4-17.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media> > Trying other mirror. > Error: failed to retrieve Fedora/RPMS/emacs-21.4-17.i386.rpm from core > error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media> > [root@relay cache]# > > > Poking around a little more, I added a `print' statement below to > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py: > > class YumAvailablePackageSqlite(YumAvailablePackage): > ... > def returnSimple(self, varname): > ... > c.execute(query) > r = c.fetchone() > self.simple[varname] = r[0] > if varname == 'basepath': > print "db query for %s returned %s\n" % (varname, r[0]) > > it prints this: > > [root@relay ~]# yum install amanda > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Install Process > Setting up repositories > Reading repository metadata in from local files > Parsing package install arguments > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Downloading header for amanda to pack into transaction set. > db query for basepath returned media://1161131669.029329#4 > > media://1161131669.029329%234/Fedora/RPMS/amanda-2.5.0p2-4.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media> > Trying other mirror. > Error: failed to retrieve Fedora/RPMS/amanda-2.5.0p2-4.i386.rpm from core > error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media> > [root@relay ~]# > > > So, in the bad case, it's getting the media://... out of the database. > > How do I verify that the sqlite database is OK? Can it be rebuilt? > > I've done "yum clean all" and uninstalled yum (actually, anything with > yum in the name) and reinstalled (with rpm). Same deal. > > The thought of going back to just rpm is a deal killer for me. > > Thanks. > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > The media:// it something used by anaconda. try running: (as root) yum clean all yum install emacs Tim
