title: rpmforge main mirror down - workaround link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/rpmforge-main-mirror-down-workaround/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 550 created: 2008/03/22 20:30:50 created_gmt: 2008/03/22 20:30:50 comment_status: open post_name: rpmforge-main-mirror-down-workaround status: publish post_type: post

rpmforge main mirror down - workaround

The main mirror for RPMForge one of the best 3rd party rpm repositories for Red Hat/CentOS has been experiencing problems, leaving any client with the default configuration with lots of ugly errors and lots of failed yum queries.

The workaround is to go into /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and comment out the existing mirrorlist line if it contains an http URL, and replace it with this:

mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge

After that, edit the file mirrors-rpmforge and remove or comment out any of the following HEAnet servers:

`

http://apt.sw.be/
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/dag/
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/

`

Here’s what mine looks like after the change:

`

http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag

`

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