Craig White wrote:
> mv /var/cache/yum/base/primary.xml.gz/sqlite /tmp
>
> and try again I suppose - yes, that file is supposed to be much larger - I suspect that it will create a new 'copy' of that file if it fails to find it.
Unfortunately yum recreates the same corrupted file, even if I move it
out or delete it:
[root@picard ~]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, priorities
Cleaning up Everything
[root@picard ~]# ll /var/cache/yum/base
total 4.0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 14 21:56 packages/
[root@picard ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, priorities
Determining fastest mirrors
* base: mirrors.ircam.fr
* updates: mirrors.ircam.fr
base
| 1.1 kB 00:00
base/primary
| 961 kB 00:02
Segmentation fault
[root@picard ~]# ll /var/cache/yum/base
total 1000K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 15 23:43 cachecookie
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 Sep 15 23:43 mirrorlist.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 14 21:56 packages/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 961K Sep 5 13:52 primary.xml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K Sep 15 23:43 primary.xml.gz.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.2K Sep 5 13:52 repomd.xml
[root@picard ~]# rm -f /var/cache/yum/base/primary.xml.gz.sqlite
[root@picard ~]# ll /var/cache/yum/base
total 980K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 15 23:43 cachecookie
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 Sep 15 23:43 mirrorlist.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 14 21:56 packages/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 961K Sep 5 13:52 primary.xml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.2K Sep 5 13:52 repomd.xml
[root@picard ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.ircam.fr
* updates: mirrors.ircam.fr
Segmentation fault
[root@picard ~]# ll /var/cache/yum/base
total 1000K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 15 23:43 cachecookie
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 985 Sep 15 23:43 mirrorlist.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Sep 14 21:56 packages/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 961K Sep 5 13:52 primary.xml.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K Sep 15 23:43 primary.xml.gz.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.2K Sep 5 13:52 repomd.xml
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