FC6 "Cannot retreive software information"

[rlengland at verizon.net]

>From:  <rlengland at verizon.net>
>Date: 2007/06/18 Mon PM 01:09:40 CDT
>To: paule at sfu.ca, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>, 
	For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Re: FC6 "Cannot retreive software information"

>
>>From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
>>Date: 2007/06/18 Mon PM 01:09:40 CDT
>>To: paule at sfu.ca, For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>Subject: Re: FC6 "Cannot retreive software information"
>
>>Paul Erickson wrote:
>>> For some reason, one of my FC6 boxes is no longer able to "Add/Remove 
>>> software" with Pirut, Pup, or Yum.
>>> With Pirut and Pup, after a few seconds I get the "Cannot retrieve 
>>> software information" error, and if I try
>>> a "Yum -y update" I get the following error.
>>>
>>> [root at localhost core]# yum -y update
>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>> Setting up Update Process
>>> Setting up repositories
>>> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: 
>>> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:59:48 GMT
>>> Server: Apache
>>> Transfer-Encoding: chunked
>>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Trying other mirror.
>>> Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: adobe-linux
>>>
>>> I know the machine is connected to the network, and can browse the 
>>> internet fine. Another FC6 box on the same
>>> network can add/remove update software fine. What might be causing the 
>>> difference?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>    I used yum update without the -y and 13 hours later my FC6 was up to 
>>date with 450 updates and 630 MB.
>>
>>Not sure what the -y does.
>>
>>Karl
>>
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-y   is the flag to force approve all updates.  It keeps you from having to accept the updates before they are applied.

using "man  yum"  will explain that.

-y may or may not be a wise thing to do unless you look at the updates and agree that you want them all.


~~R