Sounds like you did the update in the middle of or an only partially complete sync, or the sync didn't finish and so primary.sqlite.bz2 is newer or older than other parts of the repo. Make sure your rsync runs cleanly, and then try again. Does your rsync have --delete-delay --delay-updates ? If not, that should at least reduce the window of a partial sync in the future.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Jochum" <paul.joc...@alcatel-lucent.com> To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:21:55 AM Subject: yum update failure for 6x x86_64 - [Errno 14] Downloaded more than max size Hi All: This morning, I am trying to perform a "yum update" from our rsync'd copy of the Scientific Linux 6.x x86_64 repo, and ran into the following error: [root@lss-desktop01 yum.repos.d]# yum clean all Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security Cleaning repos: adobe-linux-i386 adobe-linux-x86_64 sl6x sl6x-fastbugs sl6x-security Cleaning up Everything [root@lss-desktop01 yum.repos.d]# yum update Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 adobe-linux-i386/primary | 11 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-i386 17/17 adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00 adobe-linux-x86_64/primary | 1.2 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-x86_64 2/2 sl6x | 3.7 kB 00:00 sl6x/primary_db | 4.2 MB 00:02 sl6x-fastbugs | 2.6 kB 00:00 http://lss-kickstart1.ih.lucent.com/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] Downloaded more than max size for http://lss-kickstart1.ih.lucent.com/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: 365918 > 332221 Trying other mirror. http://lss-kickstart1.ih.lucent.com/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] Downloaded more than max size for http://lss-kickstart1.ih.lucent.com/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: 365918 > 332221 Trying other mirror. Error: failure: repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 from sl6x-fastbugs: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.