[Gllug] rpm-get issues

[Jonathan Harker]

root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada# rpm-get configure
Enter distribution to configure for
1) Mandrake
2) RedHat
[Enter number 1-2]: 1
Where would you like to cache the rpm files ? [/var/cache/rpm-get]:
Which ftp site/path would you like to use ?
[Press enter to see a list or type "default" to use a Swedish site]: default
Configuring for Mandrake
Make sure to run genrpmlist to or: rpm-get update
                               [ CONFIGURED ]

root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada# genrpmlist
Generating /var/lib/rpm-get/RPMS-list
Looking up rpmfind.net
Making FTP connection to rpmfind.net
Can't Access `ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/current/Mandrake/RPMS'
Alert!: Unable to access document.

lynx: Can't access startfile
[ OK ]
Generating /var/lib/rpm-get/SRPMS-list                            [ OK ]
Checking to see if /var/lib/rpm-get/rpm-list.db.bz2 is present:   [ PRESENT ]
bzcat: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
        perhaps it is corrupted?  *Possible* reason follows.
bzcat: Success
        Input file = /var/lib/rpm-get/rpm-list.db.bz2, output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.
You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

There are 0 packages in the database, and 0 to add to the database
Do you wish to recreate the database ? [y/n]: y
Generating /var/lib/rpm-get/rpm-list.db                           [ CREATING ]
           (Dont be suprised if this operation takes 4 hours)
[ OK ]
Compressing the database                                          bzip2: 
Output file /var/lib/rpm-get/rpm-list.db.bz2 already exists.
                                 [ DONE ]
root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada# ls -l /var/lib/rpm-get
total 44
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Aug  6 17:22 rpm-list.db
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Aug  6 16:30 rpm-list.db.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Aug  6 17:21 RPMS-list
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        42884 Aug  6 17:21 SRPMS-list
root at shostakovich/home/johnno/projects/ada#

AAAAAAARGH!!!!!!

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Jonathan Harker
Web: www.jonathanharker.co.uk


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