Subject: Re: Yup problems =]
From: sfalken (sfalken@citlink.net)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 08:23:43 MST
Actually, I tried that =] no dice, tried that before I shot off an e-mail
to the list in fact =]
--Shawn
On Thursday 07 March 2002 03:02, you wrote:
> I'm surprised. This question pops up daily at the list. It makes me
> think there is something wrong with the information/documentation system
> around linux/YDL.
>
> Don't get me wrong. It's not my intention to point a finger at anyone.
> It just caught my attention.
>
> I checked the YDL website for curiosity. There is a yup How To, but that
> doesn't really cover this problem, only the general usage of yup.
>
> What I would suggest as a solution in this case is what has been
> suggested before (I'll just repeat it for you here once more sfalken ;-) ):
> § yup clean all
> § yup config dist and/or yup config mirror
>
> This comes back and back again in the list archives.
>
> I wonder, would it be time to start some kind of a YDL FAQ ? At a
> location, easily accissible, and containing a answers to frequently
> asked questions on this list.
>
> Just a thought. What do you people think ? Would that be something useful ?
>
> Geert
>
> sfalken wrote:
> > ok, after reading the thread today, I realized that I had YDL-2.0
> > installed, and there was a tool called yup =] usually I d/l the
> > tarballs and build everything from source, always have, just habit, I
> > guess, but in any case, I run
> >
> > yup list updates
> >
> > and it comes back after looking at the RPM database with:
> >
> > Error: URL job failed.
> >
> > Any ideas how to fix this little bugaboo? It's really not all that
> > important for yup to work, but I figger I have it, I might as well try
> > using it =]
> >
> > --Shawn
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