Yum is not an .rpm package error message

[BFD]

Jesse Keating wrote:

>On Tuesday 18 November 2003 06:23, BFD wrote:
>  
>
>>For the file from my Fedora cd:
>>
>>$md5sum yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>dd4249018c1674b73e9ddab08828303f  yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>$sum yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>29472   127
>>
>>For the file I downloaded
>>$md5sum yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>8a82c3f05fca0a615d1765394376f809  yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>$sum yum-2.0.4-2.noarch.rpm
>>47550   127
>>    
>>
>
>Try actually using "file" on the file.  A file extension is by no means 
>an indication as to what the file actually is.
>
>eg:
>
>[root at petra root]# echo "I am not an RPM" > myrpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm
>[root at petra root]# rpm -ivh myrpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm
>error: myrpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm cannot be installed
>[root at petra root]# file myrpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm
>myrpm-1.1-1.noarch.rpm: ASCII text
>
>My guess is that you got a 404 page when you downloaded the file, but 
>it's html content in a file named foo.rpm.
>  
>


I am not so sure this could be as there were no error messages when I 
downloaded it. This was done twice, once by http from RH's site, and 
once by ftp from ibiblio.

The md5sum and sum results on both files were the same; the contents 
were the same when viewed with the less command; and the results of the 
file command showed type data.

I would report this, but from the responses (or lack thereof) on this 
list, I may be the only one having the problem, and I am not sure who to 
tell at RH.

BFD