On Tuesday 27 Jan 2004 12:13 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > ----- 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
Hey you will make me blush. I was just repeating what I read on the expert list. I read some additional info on the expert list on this subject recently. Apparently the problem can come back unless you edit /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg Find the stanza for contrib, and remove the line " list: list.contrib" derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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