Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-redhat-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables uname output: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Thu Mar 15 19:57:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Machine Type: i686-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.1 Patch Level: 17 Release Status: release Yum Version : 3.0.5 Description: Yum not able to access url through bash Repeat-By: Following is the sequence of commands and the results: 1. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# yum install gcc 2. Loading "installonlyn" plugin 3. Setting up Install Process 4. Setting up repositories 5. Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was 6. [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> 7. Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: rpmforge I don't know whether it is a problem with Bash or yum. I suppose it is bash only. Also, if I need to upgrade to the latest version of Bash where would I get a reliable binary for the above stated architecture. Thanks, Pratiksha