Wget, curl, Yum :it was [Strange things in Yum]

Antonio Montagnani anto.montagnani at virgilio.it
Fri Feb 17 08:06:23 UTC 2006


Antonio Montagnani ha scritto / said the following    il giorno/on 
17/02/2006 07:05:
>
>
> -------- Messaggio Originale --------
>
> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 12:08 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote:
>> Antonio Montagnani wrote / ha scritto on /il 16/02/2006 09:10:
>> >
>> >
>> > -------- Messaggio Originale --------
>> >
>> > Antonio Montagnani wrote / ha scritto on /il 14/02/2006 14:26:
>> >> Paul Howarth ha scritto / wrote  il / on 14/02/2006 13:35:
>> >>> Antonio Montagnani wrote:
>> >>>> Paul Howarth wrote / ha scritto on /il 14/02/2006 09:53:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 09:37 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote:
>> >>>>>  >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Paul Howarth wrote / ha scritto on /il 14/02/2006 09:08:
>> >>>>>>  >>>>>>> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 08:58 +0100, Antonio Montagnani 
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>     >>>>>>>> Paul Howarth wrote / ha scritto on /il 
>> 14/02/2006 08:33:
>> >>>>>>>>         >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 18:19 +0100, Antonio 
>> Montagnani wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>             >>>>>>>>>>>> Baseurl(s) for repo: >>>>>>>>>>>> 
>> ['http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4 
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> /i386/os/']
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repom 
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> d.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (2, 'No such 
>> file >>>>>>>>>>>> or directory')>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Trying other mirror.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No 
>> more >>>>>>>>>>>> mirrors to try.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 
>> 256] >>>>>>>>>>>> No more mirrors to try.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>                             >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> ...
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>     >>>>>>>>> Trying typing "env" immediately before running 
>> yum (i.e. as >>>>>>>>> root) and
>> >>>>>>>>> see if there are any environment settings with names 
>> including >>>>>>>>> "proxy".
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Paul.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>                   >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Paul
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> no proxy at env command!!!
>> >>>>>>>> And Synaptic is running o.k.
>> >>>>>>>>             >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Does:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> wget
>> >>>>>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml 
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> (that's one line)
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> create a repomd.xml file in your current directory on this 
>> machine?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> $ wget
>> >>>>>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml--08:07:38--  
>> >>>>>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml 
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>            => `repomd.xml'
>> >>>>>>> Resolving download.fedora.redhat.com... 66.187.224.20, 
>> >>>>>>> 209.132.176.20,
>> >>>>>>> 209.132.176.220, ...
>> >>>>>>> Connecting to download.fedora.redhat.com|66.187.224.20|:80... 
>> >>>>>>> connected.
>> >>>>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> >>>>>>> Length: 1,140 (1.1K) [text/xml]
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> 
>> 100%[===============================================================>] 
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> 1,140         --.--K/s
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> 08:07:39 (8.93 KB/s) - `repomd.xml' saved [1140/1140]
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Paul.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>         >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> and of course from another computer on same network, wget works.
>> >>>>>>     >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> But what about on the one where you're having problems?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Paul.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>   >>>>
>> >>>> You have missed my previous e-mail :-)
>> >>>> No, it doesn't work.This is the output......
>> >>>>
>> >>>> [root at Contec antoniomontagnani]# wget >>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedo >>>> 
>> ra/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml
>> >>>> --09:13:47--  >>>> 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/ 
>> >>>> repodata/repomd.xml
>> >>>>          => `repomd.xml'
>> >>>> Risoluzione di download.fedora.redhat.com in corso... fallito: 
>> No >>>> such file or d irectory.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Output is in Italian, but fallito means failed!!!
>> >>>
>> >>> The output from your wget seems to be less verbose than mine. In 
>> >>> particular, it doesn't seem to show the "Resolving" and 
>> "Connecting" >>> lines. I wonder if DNS resolution is working properly.
>> >>>
>> >>> If you have bind-utils installed, what's the output of:
>> >>>
>> >>> $ host download.fedora.redhat.com
>> >>>
>> >>> Otherwise, try:
>> >>>
>> >>> # ping download.fedora.redhat.com
>> >>>
>> >>> Paul.
>> >>>
>> >> # host download.fedora.redhat.com
>> >> download.fedora.redhat.com has address 209.132.176.221
>> >> download.fedora.redhat.com has address 66.187.224.20
>> >> download.fedora.redhat.com has address 209.132.176.20
>> >> download.fedora.redhat.com has address 209.132.176.220
>> >>
>> > This is the output of curl command:
>> >
>> >
>> > curl -v download.fedora.redhat.com
>> > * getaddrinfo(3) failed for download.fedora.redhat.com:80
>> > * Couldn't resolve host 'download.fedora.redhat.com'
>> > * Closing connection #0
>> > curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'download.fedora.redhat.com'
>> >
>> If I issue
>> wget --inet6-only 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml 
>>
>> I get
>>
>> --11:39:25--  
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/ 
>> repodata/repomd.xml
>>  => `repomd.xml.7'
>> Risoluzione di download.fedora.redhat.com in corso... fallito: Name 
>> or service not known.
>>
>> If I issue
>>  wget --inet4-only 
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml 
>>
>>
>> I get:
>> --12:00:58--  
>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml 
>>
>>            => `repomd.xml.7'
>> Risoluzione di download.fedora.redhat.com in corso... 209.132.176.20, 
>> 209.132.176.220, 209.132.176.221, ...
>> Connessione a download.fedora.redhat.com|209.132.176.20:80... connesso.
>> HTTP richiesta inviata, aspetto la risposta... 200 OK
>> Lunghezza: 1,140 (1.1K) [text/xml]
>>
>> 100%[=============================================================>] 
>> 1,140         --.--K/s
>>
>> 12:00:58 (51.77 MB/s) - "repomd.xml.7" salvato [1140/1140]
>>
>> both on router and single PC on the network.
>>
>> If I do not use the inet flag, wget doesn't work on the router but on 
>> the network computer.
>> What shall I investigate???
>
> Looks like your router is having trouble doing IPV6 name resolution. You
> probably don't need this anyway, so it might be worth trying just
> turning off IPV6 support altogether.
>
> Put in /etc/modprobe.conf:
> alias net-pf-10 off
>
> This won't take effect until the machine is rebooted.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
>
Can this behavior be connected to
IPV6INIT=no option that is present on my working router

in all network *cfg files?? I have to check if this option if it is 
present also on the non-working router.

-- 
Antonio

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