Cups problem
david walcroft
d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Sun Dec 16 02:20:12 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 18:59 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 11:29 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>
>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 10:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 09:48 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My repo's are in 'local-updates local-extras local-base,
>>>>>>> but yum does updates with no problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> except of course, that which is a problem. Every problem you have with
>>>>>> packaging has to be caused by the below.
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
>>>>>>> atrpms-bleeding.repo fedora-extras-devel.repo
>>>>>>> jpackage-fedora.repo local-extra-devel
>>>>>>> atrpms.repo Fedora-install-media.repo
>>>>>>> jpackage-generic.repo local-extras
>>>>>>> atrpms-stable.repo fedora.repo
>>>>>>> jpackage.repo local-updates
>>>>>>> atrpms-testing.repo fedora.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>> kde-redhat.repo local-updates-testing
>>>>>>> city-fan.org.repo fedora-updates.repo
>>>>>>> kde-redhat-stable-all.repo Macromedia
>>>>>>> crontab fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>> kde-redhat-stable.repo mirrors-rpmforge
>>>>>>> dag.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>>>>>> livna-devel.repo newrpms.repo
>>>>>>> dries.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>> livna-devel.repo.rpmorig nrpms.repo
>>>>>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmnew fedora.us-extras
>>>>>>> livna.repo nr.repo
>>>>>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmsave freshrpms.repo
>>>>>>> livna.repo.rpmorig rpmforge.repo
>>>>>>> fedora-development.repo freshrpms.repo.rpmnew
>>>>>>> livna.repo.rpmsave yjl.repo
>>>>>>> fedora-devel.repo gstreamer-deps.repo
>>>>>>> livna-testing.repo
>>>>>>> fedora-extra-devel.repo gstreamer.repo local-base
>>>>>>> fedora-extra.repo home.repo local-devel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ I know it needs a big clean up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> were you expecting things to just clear up by themselves while you make
>>>>>> a complete nightmare of things?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> No I not expecting things happen automatically but I dont have the
>>>>> confidence
>>>>> to hack into files and make the mess worse than it already is.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> OK, try this...(you need root so simply 'su -')
>>>>
>>>> this is supplied so you could simply paste this all after you su to root
>>>> per above
>>>>
>>>> cd /etc/yum.repos.d
>>>> mkdir NOT-USED
>>>> mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the moment
>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave fedora-development.repo
>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave
>>>> fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave fedora-updates.repo
>>>> mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo
>>>>
>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo
>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo .
>>>> mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo .
>>>>
>>>> # at this point, you should be able to yum update without much issue and
>>>> I am presuming that the latest installs of fedora-release and
>>>> livna-release put their repo files rpmsave because the originals were
>>>> tainted.
>>>>
>>>> The rest of the repos you can add by mv the files back but only do 1 or
>>>> 2 at a time so you will see if any have problems.
>>>>
>>>> Myself, I would probably move the rpmforge.repo back but it might be an
>>>> issue depending upon how old it is. Possibly kde-redhat stuff (may be
>>>> old), maybe jpackage...again, it could be old and broken
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# cd
>>> [root at reddwarf ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mkdir NOT-USED
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the
>>> moment
>>> mv: cannot move `NOT-USED' to a subdirectory of itself, `NOT-USED/NOT-USED'
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave
>>> fedora-development.repo
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave': No such file
>>> or directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave
>>> mv: missing destination file operand after
>>> `NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave'
>>> Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# fedora-updates-testing.repo
>>> -bash: fedora-updates-testing.repo: command not found
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave
>>> fedora-updates.repo
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave': No such file or
>>> directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]#
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo .
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo': No such file or directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo .
>>> mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo': No such file or directory
>>> [root at reddwarf yum.repos.d]#
>>>
>> ----
>> that was intended for BEFORE you decided to move things around
>>
>> See my other e-mail
>>
> ----
> you could move all of the repo files into the NOT-USED subdirectory and
> run the commands again and that should work
>
> Craig
>
>
Now my repos.d is hosed
[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
NOT-USED
[david at reddwarf ~]$
david
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