Problem adding yum repositories & yum crashes

[Derick Centeno]

I have the same problem Mr. Kabon reported however here is how my
yum.conf reads:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=yellowdog-release
gpgcheck=1
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
                                                                                
#[base]
#name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
#baseurl=http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/ydl/yum/3.0/RPMS.main/
#baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/freshrpms
                                                                                
[os]
name=Yellow DOg Linux $releasever - $basearch - os
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/os
                                                                                
[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - updates
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/updates

[freshrpms]
name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
                                                                                
#[ruffpack]
#name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch -ruffpack
#baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/ruffpack
                                                                                
[3.01 updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.01 updates
baseurl=http://ydl.osuosl.org/yum/3.0.1/update/
                                                                                Note that with the exception of commenting out the base package everything else is as Dr. Hacker, DVM recommends.  However note what happens:

[root@arakus aguila]# yum update yum
Gathering package information from servers
Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.01 updates
Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch -
freshrpms
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 44, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "yummain.py", line 141, in main
  File "clientStuff.py", line 655, in get_package_info_from_servers
  File "clientStuff.py", line 104, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad
ValueError: unpack list of wrong size
[root@arakus aguila]# yum upgrade yum
Gathering package information from servers
Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.01 updates
Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch -
freshrpms
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 44, in ?
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "yummain.py", line 141, in main
  File "clientStuff.py", line 655, in get_package_info_from_servers
  File "clientStuff.py", line 104, in HeaderInfoNevralLoad
ValueError: unpack list of wrong size
[root@arakus aguila]#

Assistance would be helpful on this... 
Thanks...

On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 04:44, Matthias Saou wrote:
> neben.kabon.2004@charter.net wrote :
> 
> > When I try to add freshrpms to my /etc/yum.conf and attempt to run "yum
> > install firefox" I get the error message show below.  The addition to my
> > /etc/yum.conf file is:
> > 
> > [freshrpms]
> > name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 freshrpms
> > baseurl=http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/yellowdog/3.0/
> > 
> > The Error message:
> [...]
> 
> This is not the correct URL, the one you should use is :
> 
> [freshrpms]
> name=Yellow Dog Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms
> 
> Matthias