On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 19:37:35 +0000 Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I too get the "Mirror uses invalid list try alternative method"
> message when installing packages from contrib. I didn't mention it,
> though, as I did not want to confuse things even more!
You will get that error if you are not using ../base for your contrib
source.
The <whatever>/contrib/i586/ contains a synthesis.hdlist2.cz and the
rpms can be installed using such, But, it does not contain a list or
hdlist as does base so you get the 'invalid list'
Charles
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