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  • 1.  Getting this error when running dnf update. Help!

    Posted Mon May 26, 2025 05:47 PM
    Edited by Sasi Chand Mon May 26, 2025 10:13 PM

    AIX 73 (7300-01-02-2319)

    dnf-4.2.17-64_7.noarch - Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match.

    Downloading Packages:
    [MIRROR] cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. Calculated: f2b171ff8a501cadf0dbffb26d202a03863f07863fd2d1e3975ded4b126d3575(sha256) Expected: 50d1fb143174409fb16d3a3677d21978c6add32404333fc6cd120fa04dfd1d63(sha256)
    [MIRROR] cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. Calculated: f2b171ff8a501cadf0dbffb26d202a03863f07863fd2d1e3975ded4b126d3575(sha256) Expected: 50d1fb143174409fb16d3a3677d21978c6add32404333fc6cd120fa04dfd1d63(sha256)
    [MIRROR] cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. Calculated: f2b171ff8a501cadf0dbffb26d202a03863f07863fd2d1e3975ded4b126d3575(sha256) Expected: 50d1fb143174409fb16d3a3677d21978c6add32404333fc6cd120fa04dfd1d63(sha256)
    [MIRROR] cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: Downloading successful, but checksum doesn't match. Calculated: f2b171ff8a501cadf0dbffb26d202a03863f07863fd2d1e3975ded4b126d3575(sha256) Expected: 50d1fb143174409fb16d3a3677d21978c6add32404333fc6cd120fa04dfd1d63(sha256)
    [FAILED] cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: No more mirrors to try - All mirrors were already tried without success
    (2-3/24): gettext-0.21-2.aix7.1.ppc.rpm 13% [======- ] 56 MB/s | 13 MB 00:01 ETA
    Error: Error downloading packages:
    Cannot download cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm: All mirrors were tried

    DNF.CONF file

    bash-5.1# cat dnf.conf
    [main]
    cachedir=/var/cache/dnf
    keepcache=1
    debuglevel=2
    logfile=/var/log/dnf.log
    obsoletes=1
    plugins=1
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    installonly_limit=3
    clean_requirements_on_remove=True
    best=True
    skip_if_unavailable=True
    sslcacert=
     
    [AIX_Toolbox]
    name=AIX generic repository
    sslcacert=
    baseurl=http://xxxxxxxx/build/aixtoolbox/repo/AIX_Toolbox/
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
     
    [AIX_Toolbox_noarch]
    sslcacert=
    name=AIX noarch repository
    baseurl=http://xxxxxxxx/build/aixtoolbox/repo/AIX_Toolbox_noarch
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
     
    [AIX_Toolbox_71]
    sslcacert=
    name=AIX 7.1 specific repository
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
     
    [AIX_Toolbox_72]
    sslcacert=
    name=AIX 7.2 specific repository
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
     
    [AIX_Toolbox_73]
    sslcacert=
    name=AIX 7.3 specific repository
    baseurl=http://xxxxxxxx/build/aixtoolbox/repo/AIX_Toolbox_73
    gpgkey=file:///opt/freeware/etc/dnf/RPM-GPG-KEY-IBM-AIX-Toolbox
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1



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    Sasi Chand
    Humble - Engineer
    Freelance
    Wellington
    New Zealand
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  • 2.  RE: Getting this error when running dnf update. Help!

    Posted Tue May 27, 2025 01:41 AM

    Further to Sasi's comment, I have discovered that what's happening is in /var/cache/dnf there is a file called expired_repos.json :
     
    ["AIX_Toolbox"]
     
    This is where the files we want to install are. I've tried removing the file editing it but whenever I do a "dnf <SOMETHING>" command, the file keeps coming back and resetting that entry to the above. I can't find a way making that repo unexpired or stopping that file getting created. Maybe a dnf bug.



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    Andrew Goldie
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    Original Message


  • 3.  RE: Getting this error when running dnf update. Help!

    Posted Tue May 27, 2025 11:49 PM

    Update.

    We got it working again

    Fix

    1. Deleted all files in the local repositories
    2. Re sync the repos

    Question: 

    When running dnf update we encountered this error:

    Error: Failed to download metadata for repo AIX Toolbox/repodata/repomd.xml

    Had to download this repodata/* for each repo than dnf update worked fine.

    Is there a process to sync this repodata/ dir during the reposync process?

    Sasi



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    Sasi Chand
    Humble - Engineer
    Freelance
    Wellington
    New Zealand
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    Original Message


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