Subject: RE: yup update error
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Mar 27 2002 - 17:19:35 MST
Dave,
This has been discussed before.. :-)
You need to rm -rf /var/cache/yup
and then re-run: yup config dist
yup config mirror
> Thanks; this fixed my original problem. Now I'm getting the following
> error:
>
> # /usr/sbin/yup update
> Reading RPM database... (100%)
> Performing dependencies sanity check...
> Checking for package list updates...
> ftp.yellowdoglinux.com ready
>
> Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '//var/cache/yup/Yellow Dog
> Linux release 2.1-ppc/yup.db.stat'
>
> That file exists, but it is a link to /mnt/media/YellowDog/ppc/.yup.db.stat,
> which does not. When I look in the /mnt/ directory, the only entries are
> for cdrom and floppy.
>
> Again, any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> dave.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Schmidt [mailto:jas@netbrick.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:33 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: yup update error
>
>
> On Tuesday 26 March 2002 06:21 pm, you wrote:
> > I tried running 'yup update' as root and got the following:
> >
> > Reading RPM database... (100%)
> > Performing dependencies sanity check...
> > Checking for package list updates...
> >
> > Error:
> >
> > and that's it. No explanation of what the error might be. Anyone have
> any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > dave.
>
>
> One thing to do first with yup is yup config dist. This will pop up a menu
> where you can choose the latest yup (only has 2.1, in a couple of weeks, 2.2
> should be there). Then after selecting the distribution, it then puts up a
> menu of where you are downloading. You should not at the bottom that there
> is an option for getting stuff off from a cd. For kicks, I tried putting in
> my 2.1 cd and choosing this and got an error. I then picked a different
> location for the software such as #2 (iblio) and found out the updates.
>
> My guess is that the distribution source is set to the cd. Try changing
> that
> to an ftp site. If that doesn't work, then trying do yup clean which cleans
> up cache and other things. See if that gets you farther along.
>
> John
>
>
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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