On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 13:14 -0600, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > It seems Mandriva is up to their usual tricks of changing the paths on the > mirrors with no warning. I noticed it on Proxad when I started getting errors > trying to update. It'll probably hit the other mirrors soon enough if it > hasn't already. All of the "MandrakeLinux" directories have been moved to > "MandrivaLinux" (would've thought that was done long ago, but it wasn't). For > example, updates moved from: > > ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/MandrakeLinux/official/updates/2006.0/main_updates > > to: > > ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/MandrivaLinux/official/updates/2006.0/main_updates > > EasyUrpmi was still giving the broken paths, so I sent an email to trem. > > Funny thing is, I'm getting updates now, but I'm still getting the error that > led me to the problem in the first place: > > retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "updates"... > ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/MandrivaLinux/official/updates/2006.0/main_updates/media_info/hdlist.cz > computing md5sum of retrieved source hdlist (or synthesis) > ...retrieving done > ... > medium "updates" uses an invalid list file: > mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method > > And then I got 5 updates installed. Don't know what's up with that. > > Ron
About the second problem first, it's probably because the older source is still configured, somewhere, as an update source. The issue around paths is one that, really, Mandriva has no control over except on their own site. The other sites are free to do as they wish with things and we often run into this with some sites when a new release is coming out. It's easy to blame Mandriva for this but I've experienced the same thing with FC, Red Hat, the Ubutu clan and others. It all boils down to you can't control what you don't own, I'm afraid. ttfn John ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
