Description of problem: LuaRocks is outdated and fails to parse metadata from LuaRocks servers. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): luarocks 2.1.2-1.el6 How reproducible: Install luarocks from EPEL6 and then try to install some rock using luarocks install. Steps to Reproduce: 1. docker run -t -i centos:6 2. yum install -y http://mirror.logol.ru/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm 3. yum install luarocks 4. luarocks install luafilesystem Actual results: # luarocks install luafilesystem Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed extracting manifest file ^C^C^CWarning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed fetching manifest for http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br/ - Failed downloading http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br/manifest Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed extracting manifest file Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed extracting manifest file ^C^C^CWarning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed fetching manifest for http://luarocks.logiceditor.com/rocks - Failed downloading http://luarocks.logiceditor.com/rocks/manifest ^CWarning: Failed searching manifest: Failed loading manifest: Failed loading manifest for http://luafr.org/luarocks/rocks: Error loading file: /root/.cache/luarocks/http___luafr.org_luarocks_rocks/manifest-5.1:1: unexpected symbol near '<' Expected results: $ luarocks install luafilesystem --local Installing https://rocks.moonscript.org/luafilesystem-1.6.3-2.src.rock... Using https://rocks.moonscript.org/luafilesystem-1.6.3-2.src.rock... switching to 'build' mode gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/lua5.1 -c src/lfs.c -o src/lfs.o gcc -shared -o lfs.so -L/usr/local/lib src/lfs.o Updating manifest for /home/roman/.luarocks/lib/luarocks/rocks luafilesystem 1.6.3-2 is now built and installed in /home/roman/.luarocks (license: MIT/X11) Additional info: Please update LuaRocks package in EPEL6 to the latest version.
I found that `yum instal unzip` sovles this problem
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