Kai Schaetzl wrote:
I wanted to install the rpmforge-release package on a new install and get
the following. Do others have the same problem?
b51:~ rpm -ivvvvvvvh http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-
release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Retrieving http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-
1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
D: ... as /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.qQEt9n
D: failed to open http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release
-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm:
error: skipping http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-
0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
D: May free Score board((nil))
wgetting this file and installing is fine.
I then tried another one:
b51:~ rpm -ivh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-
release-5-3.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release
-5-3.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.9GjegW: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
217521f6
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
1:epel-release ###########################################
[100%]
so, downloading via rpm is ok.
go look at the http code in rpm :D
- KB
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