Subject: Re[2]: Yup problems =]
From: Jerry S. (jer_57@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 08:20:02 MST
Howdy sfalken,
Sounds like there might be a DNS problem when yup is run. Have you
tried different mirror locations? Same error?
jer
Thursday, March 07, 2002, 8:23:43 AM, you wrote:
s> Actually, I tried that =] no dice, tried that before I shot off an e-mail
s> to the list in fact =]
s> --Shawn
s> 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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