RPM package read errors with Smart 1.4.1

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Steve Morris wrote:

> To: smart <smart at labix.org>
> From: Steve Morris <samorris at netspace.net.au>
> Subject: Re: RPM package read errors with Smart 1.4.1
> 
> Hi Keith,
>    How do I work out what is causing the problem? I found that there were a 
> whole heap of rpm and .part files in the packages directory which I removed 
> and I also removed the cache file but it made no difference to the issue.
>   I am using Mandriva 2011.0, and the issue I have is I get these message at 
> the start of the process having issued the command smart update and it 
> usually also occurs about 75% of the way through, which as far as I am aware 
> during this process rpm doesn't play any part in what is being done. All this 
> process is doing is updating smart's view of the repositories.
>    The other thing I don't understand is that while this issue is impacting 
> smart, there is no issue with the native Mandriva package managers.
>
> regards,
> Steve

I'm on Centos 5.7 now, and I use the smart-gui package, and 
like to update the channels before doing anything else. Can 
you try to install the smart-gui package and see if that 
helps?

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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