François Pons wrote:
>
> Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > After trying 4 different FTP sites, I'm wondering if my MandrakeUpdate
> > is beyond repair: I just updated the rpmdrake and associated RPMs from
> > the cooker, but still get the same behaviour.
> >
> > In MandrakeUpdate, selecting a Cooker source, running as root, I get a
> > trace like the following, and what is particularly worrisome is the
> > line "packdrake: cannot open archive file
> > /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz" because the file does not
> > exist and yet there's no permissions problem to prevent it.
> >
> >
> > no descriptions file for 'CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)'
> > no descriptions file for 'CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)'
> > * Connected to www.linux-mandrake.com (63.209.80.235)
> > > GET /mirrorsfull.list HTTP/1.1
> > Host: www.linux-mandrake.com
> > Pragma: no-cache
> > Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
> >
> >
> > * Connection (#0) left alive
> > * Closing live connection (#0)
> > cooker: 'ftp.proxad.net'
>'ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS'
> 'with' '../base/hdlist.cz'
> > --22:36:42--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/descriptions
> > => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
> > Connecting to ftp.proxad.net:21... connected!
> > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> > ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
>pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake ... done.
> > ==> PASV ... done. ==> LIST ... done.
> >
> > 0K ->
> >
> > 22:36:46 (317.65 B/s) - `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing' saved [324]
> >
> > Removed `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'.
> > --22:36:46--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/descriptions
> > => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/descriptions'
> > ==> CWD not required.
> > ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR descriptions ...
> > No such file `descriptions'.
> >
> > --22:36:47--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
> > => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
> > Connecting to ftp.proxad.net:21... connected!
> > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> > ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
>pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base ... done.
> > ==> PASV ... done. ==> LIST ... done.
> >
> > 0K -> .
> >
> > 22:36:51 (4.32 KB/s) - `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing' saved [1239]
> >
> > Removed `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'.
> > --22:36:51--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
> > => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.cz'
> > ==> CWD not required.
> > ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR hdlist.cz ...
> > No such file `hdlist.cz'.
> >
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1).cz]
> > built hdlist synthesis file for medium "CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)"
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2).cz]
> > built hdlist synthesis file for medium "CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)"
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz]
> > packdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz
> > built hdlist synthesis file for medium "ftp.proxad.net"
> > keeping only provides files
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1).cz]
> > computing dependancy
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2).cz]
> > computing dependancy
> > reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz]
> > packdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz
> > computing dependancy
> > write depslist file [/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered]
> > write provides file [/var/lib/urpmi/provides]
> > write compss file [/var/lib/urpmi/compss]
> > write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]
> > no descriptions file for 'CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)'
> > no descriptions file for 'CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)'
> > no descriptions file for 'ftp.proxad.net'
> >
> > Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkprogress.c: line 518 (gtk_progress_set_percentage):
>assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' failed.
> >
> > (last error repeated thousands of times)
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > If I run urpmi.addmedia from the command line, I get the same behaviour.
> > When the installation was fresh, the CD lists had descriptions, and if
> > I show all installed packages, I get descriptions.
>
> Strange as no descriptions file are available with CDs.
>
> > Is it possible to repair MandrakeUpdate so that it works again? I
> > started into the man pages about urpmi, but quickly got lost in the
> > files and formats.
>
> There is an error with medium ftp.proxad.net, check it is really ignored in
> /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg, if problems persist, remove it.
>
> François.
Is there a problem with ftp.proxad.net? I have that as one of my sources
and I've had no problems with my 8.0 install. With the betas
MandrakeUddate and urpmi wouldn't work for ftp at all.
--
Lesley Lawless
