Yum Keeps Giving Error

[Abhishek Rane]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:23:32 +0530, Abhishek Rane wrote:
>
>   
>> I have tried cleaning the metadata but the prob still exists. Any help? 
>> is it due to my slow connection??
>>
>>
>> [Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata
>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>> 9 metadata files removed
>> [Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata
>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>> 0 metadata files removed
>> [Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sudo yum install picasa
>> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>> google                    100% |=========================|  951 B    
>> 00:00    
>> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.6 kB    
>> 00:00    
>> livna                     100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    
>> 00:00    
>> primary.sqlite.bz2        100% |=========================| 267 kB    
>> 00:38    
>> http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: 
>> [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
>>     
>
> $ grep timestamp /var/cache/yum/livna/repomd.xml 
>     <timestamp>1204481487</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1204481488</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1204481490</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1204481482</timestamp>
>     <timestamp>1192366720</timestamp>
>
> Do you have a transparent proxy in the network?
>
> Can you debug a little bit and find out what "repomd.xml" file you
> have in your /var/cache/yum/livna directory?
> For example, fetch the metadata files manually and compare the
> checksums stored within it?
>
> $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
> $ wget http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
>
> $ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2 
> 17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618  primary.sqlite.bz2
>
> That checksum should be listed in the repomd.xml file:
>
> $ grep 17e08 repomd.xml 
>     <checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum>
>
>   
[Abhishek at localhost livna]$ ls
cachecookie packages primary.sqlite repomd.xml

[Abhishek at localhost livna]$ grep timestamp repomd.xml
<timestamp>1204449187</timestamp>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<timestamp>1204449188</timestamp>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<timestamp>1204449190</timestamp>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<timestamp>1192366720</timestamp>

[Abhishek at localhost livna]$ grep 17e08 repomd.xml
<checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum>

[Abhishek at localhost ~]$ wget 
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
--23:50:01-- 
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2
=> `primary.sqlite.bz2'
Resolving mirror.atrpms.net... 130.133.35.16
Connecting to mirror.atrpms.net|130.133.35.16|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 273,424 (267K) [application/x-bzip2]

100%[====================================>] 273,424 5.11K/s ETA 00:00

23:50:37 (7.37 KB/s) - `primary.sqlite.bz2' saved [273424/273424]

[Abhishek at localhost ~]$ sha1sum primary.sqlite.bz2
883464cd0b58a064878e9969f07685ce41850149 primary.sqlite.bz2

Should i overwrite the files primary.sqlite.bz2 and repomd.xml on the 
previous ones stored in /var/cache/yum/livna ????
There is no proxy on my network...
Below is my repomd file both the files match ...


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<repomd xmlns="http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo">
<data type="other_db">
<location href="repodata/other.sqlite.bz2"/>
<checksum type="sha">97adc623a3a9003849d6951c710ed27b3e3ce3d3</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449187</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">5ccb79e89c30ea359056e5e2ff46fc7a3b559801</open-checksum>
<database_version>10</database_version>
</data>
<data type="other">
<location href="repodata/other.xml.gz"/>
<checksum type="sha">5ce8face6259d5cc250ea7472c92b6208f69ea12</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">4928f3b7a188b1fc0cf30521a72a2bae5ad48c83</open-checksum>
</data>
<data type="filelists_db">
<location href="repodata/filelists.sqlite.bz2"/>
<checksum type="sha">2525e76c5cf78a9edb3d25eb3f54f3e4c9c90236</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449188</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">a9ddfc5861b21ea8158663cc8b3ced03ffda4437</open-checksum>
<database_version>10</database_version>
</data>
<data type="filelists">
<location href="repodata/filelists.xml.gz"/>
<checksum type="sha">49b1b1c10b5c40b6791f685b04c609605d1b131f</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">ad3d8e6a7d67077e39a9c7f2f689ae80f8ed79ed</open-checksum>
</data>
<data type="primary_db">
<location href="repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2"/>
<checksum type="sha">17e08a77c8f23a55739894509335d8a707eec618</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449190</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">a53c88a5595269a7f11bf1b3a525805e73bb3cbb</open-checksum>
<database_version>10</database_version>
</data>
<data type="primary">
<location href="repodata/primary.xml.gz"/>
<checksum type="sha">325ad44a1007bfc65868b850d10290ab6685e97d</checksum>
<timestamp>1204449182</timestamp>
<open-checksum 
type="sha">f1986215688f6313298947ae23556f0fd63ed100</open-checksum>
</data>
<data type="group">
<location href="repodata/comps.xml"/>
<checksum type="sha">38cd08c7178df21049d53813611ee840f1c14ab0</checksum>
<timestamp>1192366720</timestamp>
</data>
</repomd>