[ale] cryptic error messge

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 08:37:41 EDT 2008


yum horked a file.

yum clean all

yum update

back to doing stuff. If you get unlucky and grab the updates metafile(s)
during a server update, things can get scrambled. The above incantation
resolved 99% of the problems,. The rest are resolved by waiting an hour ad
rerunning the incantation (i.e. wait until the server finishes _it's_
upgrade)

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

> Jim,
> here is the output from /var/log/yum.log:
>
>  -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Apr 11 10:45:24 Updated: bzip2-libs - 1.0.4-11.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:45:25 Updated: cups-libs - 1:1.2.12-10.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:45:28 Updated: netpbm - 10.35.41-1.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:45:34 Updated: libpurple - 2.4.1-1.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:45:37 Updated: xine-lib - 1.1.11.1-1.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:45:58 Updated: pidgin - 2.4.1-1.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:03 Updated: netpbm-progs - 10.35.41-1.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:10 Updated: cups - 1:1.2.12-10.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:10 Updated: bzip2 - 1.0.4-11.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:14 Updated: konversation - 1.0.1-4.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:16 Updated: flash-plugin - 9.0.124.0-release.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:22 Updated: gnome-screensaver - 2.18.2-4.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:27 Updated: eject - 2.1.5-8.fc7.i386
> Apr 11 10:46:37 Updated: BackupPC - 3.1.0-2.fc7.noarch
> Apr 11 10:46:37 cut: write error: Broken pipe
>
> Apr 11 10:46:37 Updated: bzip2-devel - 1.0.4-11.fc7.i386
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Digging around I discovered that several xine files were available for
> update, including xine-plugin.i386.  I tried to install it, but kept
> running into the same error: " Metadata file does not match checksum."
> This occurred at fedora.omnispring.com, and at 12 other mirror
> sites, including Gatech, Duke, usc, and iweb.ca, among others. I killed
> the effort as pointless.
>
> I remain clueless in Oak Grove.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Saturday 12 April 2008 09:39:38 am Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Only if you use BackupPC. The download or the disk write or the update
> > failed.
> >
> > Use a shell window and run yum check-update manually. /var/log/updates
> > has possibly more data on the failure.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> > > FC7 box.
> > > was alerted that "security updates" were available.
> > > clicked "okay" to run the update program.
> > > Everything updated, but was left with this error message:
> > >
> > > BackupPC - 3.1.0-2.fc7.noarch
> > > cut: write error: Broken pipe
> > >
> > > Do I need to worry about this?
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
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