[Yum-devel] yum info --changelog gives error
Neal Becker
ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Thu May 17 12:36:34 UTC 2007
On Thursday 17 May 2007, seth vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 08:26 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> > This is what I get on a new install of FC7:
> >
> > yum info --changelog glibc
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Loading "changelog" plugin
> > Loading "kernel-module" plugin
> > Loading "merge-conf" plugin
> > Loading "priorities" plugin
> > Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
> >
> >
> > Caching enabled but no local cache of
> > //var/cache/yum/development/other.xml.gz from development
> >
> > 1. What does this mean?
> > 2. Can this error message be improved, maybe by adding instructions on
> > what to do?
>
> you're running as non-root (caching mode, implicitly) and you don't have
> a fully updated cache with the changelog information in it. So it is
> complaining that it can't get the file it needs to return the data
> you've requested - the changelog for glibc.
>
OK, that answers #1. What should I do to fix this?
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