[Yum-devel] urlgrabber byterange issue (was: [Yum] Yum proxy problems)

Ryan Tomayko rtomayko at naeblis.cx
Thu Jan 6 12:36:49 UTC 2005


I'll take a look at that server. That looks like a good candidate for  
testing broken ranges with urlgrabber.

Ryan

On Jan 5, 2005, at 5:35 PM, seth vidal wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 15:25 +0000, ht ht wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having problems using yum with fedora core 3. I have a fresh  
>> install,
>> when i try and run "yum update"
>> The following message is generated:
>>
>> ---> Downloading header for boost to pack into transaction set.
>> boost-1.32.0-1.fc3.i386.r 100% |=========================| 586 kB     
>> 00:05
>> http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/updates/3/i386/boost-1.32.0 
>> -1.fc3.i386.rpm:
>> [Errno -1] Header is not complete.
>>
>> Similar messages are then generated for each mirror as yum goes  
>> through
>> them.
>> I notice that yum claims to be downloading the header, but actually
>> downloads the full rpm. Is this a problem?
>>
>> The end result is that no packages get updated.
>>
>>
>> The same problem appeared here:
>> https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2004-December/005748.html
>>
>> but i haven't found a solution.
>>
>> Googling for:
>> yum "Headers is not complete"
>>
>> shows that the problem is not widespread, but is affecting a few of  
>> us!
>>
>> Please send replies to me as well as the list as i am not subscribed.
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>
> I'm guessing that either:
> 1. the repo site you're connecting to does not support byte ranges
> 2. your proxy does not support http byte ranges.
>
> -sv
>
>
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