Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After trying 4 different FTP sites, I'm wondering if my MandrakeUpdate
> is beyond repair: I just updated the rpmdrake and associated RPMs from
> the cooker, but still get the same behaviour.
>
> In MandrakeUpdate, selecting a Cooker source, running as root, I get a
> trace like the following, and what is particularly worrisome is the
> line "packdrake: cannot open archive file
> /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz" because the file does not
> exist and yet there's no permissions problem to prevent it.
>
>
> no descriptions file for 'CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)'
> no descriptions file for 'CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)'
> * Connected to www.linux-mandrake.com (63.209.80.235)
> > GET /mirrorsfull.list HTTP/1.1
> Host: www.linux-mandrake.com
> Pragma: no-cache
> Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
>
>
> * Connection (#0) left alive
> * Closing live connection (#0)
> cooker: 'ftp.proxad.net'
>'ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS'
> 'with' '../base/hdlist.cz'
> --22:36:42--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/descriptions
> => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
> Connecting to ftp.proxad.net:21... connected!
> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
>pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake ... done.
> ==> PASV ... done. ==> LIST ... done.
>
> 0K ->
>
> 22:36:46 (317.65 B/s) - `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing' saved [324]
>
> Removed `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'.
> --22:36:46--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/descriptions
> => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/descriptions'
> ==> CWD not required.
> ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR descriptions ...
> No such file `descriptions'.
>
> --22:36:47--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
> => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'
> Connecting to ftp.proxad.net:21... connected!
> Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD
>pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base ... done.
> ==> PASV ... done. ==> LIST ... done.
>
> 0K -> .
>
> 22:36:51 (4.32 KB/s) - `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing' saved [1239]
>
> Removed `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/.listing'.
> --22:36:51--
>ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist.cz
> => `/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.cz'
> ==> CWD not required.
> ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR hdlist.cz ...
> No such file `hdlist.cz'.
>
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1).cz]
> built hdlist synthesis file for medium "CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)"
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2).cz]
> built hdlist synthesis file for medium "CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)"
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz]
> packdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz
> built hdlist synthesis file for medium "ftp.proxad.net"
> keeping only provides files
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1).cz]
> computing dependancy
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2).cz]
> computing dependancy
> reading hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz]
> packdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.ftp.proxad.net.cz
> computing dependancy
> write depslist file [/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered]
> write provides file [/var/lib/urpmi/provides]
> write compss file [/var/lib/urpmi/compss]
> write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]
> no descriptions file for 'CD 1 Installation CD (cdrom1)'
> no descriptions file for 'CD 2 Extension CD (cdrom2)'
> no descriptions file for 'ftp.proxad.net'
>
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkprogress.c: line 518 (gtk_progress_set_percentage):
>assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' failed.
>
> (last error repeated thousands of times)
>
> ========================================================================
> If I run urpmi.addmedia from the command line, I get the same behaviour.
> When the installation was fresh, the CD lists had descriptions, and if
> I show all installed packages, I get descriptions.
Strange as no descriptions file are available with CDs.
> Is it possible to repair MandrakeUpdate so that it works again? I
> started into the man pages about urpmi, but quickly got lost in the
> files and formats.
There is an error with medium ftp.proxad.net, check it is really ignored in
/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg, if problems persist, remove it.
Fran�ois.
