yum / http proxy / downloads stop

[Satish Balay]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, seth vidal wrote:

> 
> > Ok.. The problem I described above happened again today. Unfortunately
> > I didn't use 'strace' but only '-d8' .
> > 
> > [root at n-gage old]# rpm -q yum
> > yum-2.0.7-0.20040416
> > 
> > % yum -d8 check-update
> > < worked fine>
> > 
> > % yum -y -d8 upgrade
> > <snip>
> > Dependencies resolved
> > I will do the following:
> > [install: kernel 2.6.5-1.327.i686]
> > [update: binutils 2.15.90.0.3-2.i386]
> > [update: syslinux 2.08-3.i386]
> > Downloading Packages
> > Download start for kernel.i686
> > localhdrpath= /var/cache/yum/1fast/headers/kernel-0-2.6.5-1.327.i686.hdr for kernel i686
> > Getting kernel-2.6.5-1.327.i686.rpm
> > failover: baseURL = ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386
> > failover: path = /Fedora/RPMS/kernel-2.6.5-1.327.i686.rpm
> > kernel-2.6.5-1.327.i686.r 100% |=========================|  14 MB    02:13     
> > 
> > <freeze - hence Ctrl-C>
> > 
> > Download start for binutils.i386
> > localhdrpath= /var/cache/yum/1fast/headers/binutils-0-2.15.90.0.3-2.i386.hdr for binutils i386
> > Getting binutils-2.15.90.0.3-2.i386.rpm
> > failover: baseURL = ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386
> > failover: path = /Fedora/RPMS/binutils-2.15.90.0.3-2.i386.rpm
> > binutils-2.15.90.0.3-2.i3 100% |=========================| 2.8 MB    00:28     
> > Download start for syslinux.i386
> > localhdrpath= /var/cache/yum/1fast/headers/syslinux-0-2.08-3.i386.hdr for syslinux i386
> > Getting syslinux-2.08-3.i386.rpm
> > failover: baseURL = ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386
> > failover: path = /Fedora/RPMS/syslinux-2.08-3.i386.rpm
> > syslinux-2.08-3.i386.rpm  100% |=========================| 102 kB    00:03     
> > Creating Transaction Set
> > Installing: kernel.i686
> > localhdrpath= /var/cache/yum/1fast/headers/kernel-0-2.6.5-1.327.i686.hdr for kernel i686
> > Updating: binutils, i386
> > localhdrpath= /var/cache/yum/1fast/headers/binutils-0-2.15.90.0.3-2.i386.hdr for binutils i386
> > Not an install only pkg, adding to ts
> > 
> > [The above download completes - but no pakckages are installed -
> > reinvoking yum installs the new packages]
> > 
> 
> What is retries set to in your yum.conf file?


[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=fedora-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20

Satish