On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 12:46:21PM -0500, Christopher Beland wrote: > I added the following to the Fedora 11 Alpha Release Notes, since this > is just a wiki page and all installers should read them: > > >> > > == Known Issues == > > Due to changes in MD5 checksums, "yum update" will fail. To fix this: > > * yum update rpm > * yum update > > << > > Can anyone verify that this actually works? I have not experienced this > problem. The more complicated methods I have seen come across the list > were (I think) what's below, but if they are no longer necessary or > accurate the above is very clean. > > --Beland > > >> > > 1.) > > * yum install yum-downloadonly > * yum --downloadonly install rpm > * yum update > > 2.) > > "Make sure db4-utils is installed. (That one went smoothly with yum.) > Get rpm-4.6.0-8 as well as rpm-libs and rpm-python from koji. (Or, one > could probably do it by installing the yum-downloadonly plugin then > doing yum --downloadonly install rpm, which should pull in the others, > as well as bash and company. > > Then, assuming db4-utils is installed, get the rpm-libs rpm-python and > rpm in one directory. Then rpm -Uvh *rpm" >From what Seth wrote, your method should now work. I won't have a chance to try with a fresh install for a day or two. Thank you for adding it to the wiki though, now we can simply point people there. From what I understand, the more complex methods should no longer be necessary, but like you, haven't had an opportunity to test it. (Waiting anxiously for new EEE 1000HE to arrive....) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: Hey, I know! Why don't you kill them? Giles: I'm a Watcher, I haven't the skill. Buffy: Oh, come on. A stake through the heart, a little sunlight. It's like falling off a log. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
