On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, tarvid wrote: > On Monday 24 February 2003 08:09 pm, Trevor Rhodes wrote: > > Ok, I know this will be something simple, but for the life of me I > > can't figure it out today. I looked in man -k urpmi but nothing. > > > > I got this error whilst trying to update from the cooker. > > > > You may want to update your urpmi database > > > This probably belongs on the cooker list as it is not a problem for more > static repositories.
I have experienced this as well, and I do not include cooker in my urpmi sources. However, I *do* include updates and plf, both of which change periodically, so while the OP's question is about cooker, the problem can certainly affect other sources as well. This error can also be produced if a static repository, such as a "main" source - in the terminology used by the Easy Urpmi Configurator, found at http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ - is for whatever reason unavailable at the moment that the ftp request was sent; if that server does not accept the anonymous ftp login (due to having reached its maximum number of users, for example), urpmi will fail with this error. The solution comes in two parts: 1) Always run "urpmi.update -a" before running urpmi, paying attention to the output thereof to determine if a source is currently unavailable, and 2) If a particular source is routinely inaccessible at the hours of the day that you usually attempt to use it, go to the above site and choose another source for that collection of RPMs; just because a source is physically closest to you does not mean that it is the best choice - in fact, oftentimes one on another continent can better for *you* if it's available when those in nearby time zones are jammed with users. -- Bill Mullen RLU #270075
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