Bug 715586

Summary: Yum search throws out error message when invoked as non-root
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Lakshmipathi <lakshmipathi.g>
Component: yumAssignee: Seth Vidal <skvidal>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 12CC: ffesti, james.antill, maxamillion, pmatilai, tla, zpavlas
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Description Lakshmipathi 2011-06-23 12:48:41 UTC
Description of problem:

When yum search invoked as non-root user,It displays random error message. It would be more helpful if error message is similar to "yum install" as non-root user.
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How reproducible:

Do "yum search something" as non-root user.
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Actual results:
$ yum search something
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, presto, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386/primary                                                                                                                        |  12 kB     00:00     
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from adobe-linux-i386: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.


Expected results:
May be 
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, presto, refresh-packagekit
You need to be root to perform this command. 


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Comment 1 James Antill 2011-06-23 17:12:34 UTC
Fedora 12 is EOL.

The error message you got is a problem with the adobe repo.