Yum not working

From: Piperson (4utlr_at_cox.net)
Date: 05/20/05

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    I recently rebuilt a low level P2 PC to function as a firewall for my
    home network. The unit had been running RH8 for some time, and it was
    time for a change. The hard drive was replaced and a fresh copy of
    Fedora Core 3 was loaded. After a bit of configuration, is has been
    working properly for a couple of months now.

    Once again, this is a low level PC and CAN NOT have a GUI installed.
    Everything needs to be done from the command line.

    Now, I wish to make sure it is properly updated on a regular basis. So
    I attempted to first use yum by attempting some non-committal commands
    like "yum check-update" and "yum list all". Both produced errors
    similar to those below.

    On a client Windows PC, I download the latest copy of yum from the Duke
    Yum website.

    It was then transfered the file to the FC3 PC and installed as seen below.

    The errors encountered before the update of yum remain, but have a few
    different line reference numbers.

    So I know that: a) yum was indeed changed, and b)I still am unable to
    use it properly.

    Any ideas out there of what the info below is telling me?

    -------------------------------
    [root@ipxx-xxx-xx-xxx tmp]# rpm -e yum

    [root@ipxx-xxx-xx-xxx tmp]# rpm -ivh yum-2.2.0-0.fc3.noarch.rpm
    warning: yum-2.2.0-0.fc3.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
    4f2a6fd2
    Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
    1:yum ########################################### [100%]

    [root@ipxx-xxx-xx-xxx tmp]# yum check-update
    Setting up Repos
    base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
    http://fedora-mirror.dkuug.dk/linux/core/updates/3/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:
    [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
    Trying other mirror.
    updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
    Reading repository metadata in from local files
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 7, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 68, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 465, in doCommands
    ypl = self.returnPkgLists()
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 1129, in returnPkgLists
    ypl = self.doPackageLists(pkgnarrow=pkgnarrow)
    File "__init__.py", line 717, in doPackageLists
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 84, in doRepoSetup
    self.doSackSetup()
    File "__init__.py", line 143, in doSackSetup
    File "repos.py", line 211, in populateSack
    File "mdcache.py", line 103, in getPrimary
    File "mdcache.py", line 90, in _getGeneric
    File "mdcache.py", line 62, in _unpickle
    EOFError
    [root@ipxx-xxx-xx-xxx tmp]# yum list all
    Setting up Repos
    base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
    updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
    Reading repository metadata in from local files
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 7, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 68, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 443, in doCommands
    ypl = self.returnPkgLists()
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 1129, in returnPkgLists
    ypl = self.doPackageLists(pkgnarrow=pkgnarrow)
    File "__init__.py", line 698, in doPackageLists
    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 84, in doRepoSetup
    self.doSackSetup()
    File "__init__.py", line 143, in doSackSetup
    File "repos.py", line 211, in populateSack
    File "mdcache.py", line 103, in getPrimary
    File "mdcache.py", line 90, in _getGeneric
    File "mdcache.py", line 62, in _unpickle
    EOFError
    [root@ipxx-xxx-xx-xxx tmp]#

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