[Yum] What does this error really mean?

[Joanna Green]

seth vidal wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:03 -0500, Joanna Green wrote:
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>>List,
>>
>>This is an excerpt from root cron which I have emailed to me.  This is 
>>the second one of these I have seen. What does this really mean?
>>
>>This is a yum update on a server that has a yum repository.  Basically, 
>>it is updating from itself.  I'm not sure how wise that is, maybe 
>>someone can clue me in. 
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>JoAnna Green
>>
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>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r  12% |===                      | 1.3 MB    09:04 ETA 
>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r  13% |===                      | 1.4 MB    17:04 ETA 
>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB    06:59     
>>>error: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: MD5 digest: BAD Expected(3d9215378d7e95ee6e9b9aff3fcd6ca6) != (bda09131694b075c0dc6ecd9e656cb1e)
>>>retrygrab() failed for:
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/2/i386//gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.rpm
>>> Executing failover method
>>>
>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r   0% |                         |    0 B    --:-- ETA 
>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r  79% |===================      | 7.8 MB    00:00 ETA 
>>>gimp-2.0.5-0.fc2.3.i386.r 100% |=========================| 9.8 MB    00:00     
>>>Getting libtiff-3.5.7-20.2.i386.rpm
>>>
>>>libtiff-3.5.7-20.2.i386.r   0% |            
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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>It means that your connection to the primary mirror is damaged or goofed
>up in some way.
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>Use a secondary mirror. You'll be happier with the results, I'm sure.
>
>-sv
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I am using the following list.  How do I know if it is a secondary mirror?

http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html

2.)  What is the best way to maintain the integrity of my yum repository?

Thanks,

JoAnna Green

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