Hi Bowen, indeed, this is a work-around.
However, this disables the GPG check or other yum specific configuration options. While you do offer the yum repo data to have it function as a proper repository. The solution should be simply running `createrepo` after the new package is added in archive repository to have the correct repo data. Stijn ________________________________ From: Bowen Song <bo...@bso.ng> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 18:49 To: user@cassandra.apache.org <user@cassandra.apache.org> Subject: Re: Apache archive RedHat repodata CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Caution! External email. Do not open attachments or click links, unless this email comes from a known sender and you know the content is safe. If you need a specific (and old) version of Cassandra, you may consider using "yum install https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/cassandra-4.0.0-1.noarch.rpm<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/cassandra-4.0.0-1.noarch.rpm__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJyy35SB8A$>" instead of setting up the YUM repository and install the package from it. The URL to the archived RPM files are pretty stable, even the Cassandra 2.x RPMs are still available today, and their URL remained unchanged since the day one they were published. On 14/03/2022 12:10, Stijn Vanden Brande (External) wrote: Hi, when configuring the Apache archive for Cassandra RPMs, with file "/etc/yum.repos.d/cassandra-oss.repo": [cassandra-oss] name=Cassandra OSS RPM baseurl=https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJy1ChvzF0$> failovermethod=priority enabled=1 Older package versions (non-latest) are not found in the repodata nor installable. While older packages are present in the repository: https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJy7T8oZBJ$> $ yum info cassandra --show-duplicates --disableplugin=versionlock Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities, product-id, search-disabled-repos 148 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Available Packages Name : cassandra Arch : noarch Version : 4.0.3 Release : 1 Size : 45 M Repo : cassandra-oss-artifactory Summary : Cassandra is a highly scalable, eventually consistent, distributed, structured key-value store. URL : http://cassandra.apache.org/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://cassandra.apache.org/__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJyz2TuS_0$> License : Apache Software License 2.0 Description : Cassandra is a distributed (peer-to-peer) system for the management and storage of structured data. I assume the repodata is also mirrored from the main repository: https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/redhat/40x/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/redhat/40x/__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJyxdFRIHB$> And thus, the file list does not contain the other packages: https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/repodata/repomd.xml<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/redhat/40x/repodata/repomd.xml__;!!KtIQeTNdMUQ6!qO1FJpyDi0pUZKYiDZ_2lncWPZ_qb1hTYFyTwTAIDCOJLh7gGcuqxcIV5L4mqyuJy3jG8aZG$> Primary file list: $ zgrep 'ver=' ece31517ddeb401b0eaff53c83ecabd59f4862df38efffe436b68d0781516e6d-primary.xml.gz -1- <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <rpm:entry name="cassandra" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <rpm:entry name="python(abi)" flags="GE" epoch="0" ver="3.6"/> <rpm:entry name="jre" flags="GE" epoch="0" ver="1.8.0"/> <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <rpm:entry name="ant-junit" flags="GE" epoch="0" ver="1.9"/> <rpm:entry name="ant" flags="GE" epoch="0" ver="1.9"/> <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <rpm:entry name="cassandra-tools" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <rpm:entry name="cassandra" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> Other file list: $ zgrep 'ver=' 4c42c3645f88f578a7e38b34b516313de36d1ab223bfaced8b757ba58bf2c32d-other.xml.gz <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> <version epoch="0" ver="4.0.3" rel="1"/> I would assume older available versions are part of the repodata and thus installable. Can you please advise on this? Kind regards, Stijn Vanden Brande Worldline and Ingenico Group are registered trademarks and trade names owned by the Worldline Group. This e-mail and any documents attached are confidential and intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are not authorized to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail (including any attachments) from your systems. As e-mails may be intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Worldline and its subsidiaries therefore cannot accept liability for any errors in their content. Although the Worldline Group endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that this e-mail is virus-free and do not accept liability for any damages or losses resulting from any transmitted virus if any. The risks are deemed to be accepted by anyone who communicates with Worldline or its subsidiaries by e-mail.
