On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:08:03 -0400 (EDT), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm sure it's something embarrassingly trivial i've pooched but i am > still unable to use yumdownloader to download any source rpms as a > non-root user. and it's not for lack of trying. > > as i've reported in earlier postings, here's the result of trying to > grab the source RPM for, say, file: > > $ yumdownloader --source file > Loading "refresh-updatesd" plugin > Enabling development-source repository > No source RPM found for file - 4.21-3.fc8.i386 > Nothing to download > $ > > i've verified that there is indeed a source RPM of that version > here: > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/ > > (in fact, i've tried this with a variety of randomly-chosen packages > and the result is the same each time.) > > before i go any further, can someone just post (or email me) a copy > of their fedora-development.repo file, after verifying that it works > for them? thanks muchly. $ yumdownloader --source file livna-development 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 137 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 development 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 5.2 MB 00:08 Enabling livna-development-source repository livna-development-source 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 42 kB 00:00 Enabling development-source repository development-source 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 1.5 MB 00:02 file-4.21-3.fc8.src.rpm 100% |=========================| 563 kB 00:01 $ rpm -V fedora-release $ rpm -q fedora-release fedora-release-7.92-2 $ So, it's the default .repo files. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list