bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > okay, > a) install fresh cooker from local copy kept on local hard drive, actually > the last time i did this was kernel2.4.16-11 > b) remove all sources created by the install i.e. 'installation cd (disk1)' > etc, > c) create a new ( and now the only) source: #urpmi.addmedia localcooker > file://mandrake/cooker/ > i don't specify the hdlist.cz file because i want the source to include all > rpms under .../Mandrake/ > > urpmi output lists all the rpms in both ../RPMS and .../RPMS2 but at the end > gives 'found xyz headers yady yada, deleted xyx header yada yada', xyz being > the same number in both cases > d)run, for example: #urpmi glibc > or any package name (installed or otherwise) and get the output 'no package > by that name'
This should have been a bug in some older urpmi (at some time, there was a problem generating synthesis file explaining the 'no package by that name' error you mention). I just checked using this approach and urpmi is ok currently. François.
