----- Original Message ----- From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:25:29 +0000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 urpmi db behaviour questions
> On Tuesday 27 January 2004 02:20, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, I have 9.2 installed and updated/config'd > > for the most part. It was a looong weekend downloading > > all the updates on my dialup. ;-) > > > > I seem to be encountering something that seems odd > > with the urpmi db. There are some packages listed as > > installable, which I know are already installed. The > > packages show as being 0bytes in size. Anyone know > > what is going on here? I have tried rebuilding the the > > db with "rpm --rebuilddb". > > > > Also, concerning urpmi. I get the following warning > > everytime I install a software package with urpmi: > > "There was a problem during the installation: > > medium "contrib" uses an invalid list file: > > mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying > > to use alternate method." > > > > If I just click OK, the installation goes fine. I tried > > deleting my contrib source and using a different one, > > but the same warning keeps appearing. Anyone else > > having this happen? What might I try to fix it? > > > > TIA for your time/help. > > Best regards. > > > > --Angus > > > Angus, as always Derek answered this a few weeks ago : > Go to /var/lib/urpmi and remove the offending file "list<filename>. > That's all. Next time you update the annoying message is history. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. >************************************ Thanks Kaj, I must have missed Derek's post on this. He certainly is on top of things, and a credit to this list. As are you, and all of the many others here. :-) Best regards to you. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze
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