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    From santo@2:250/1 to All on Mon Sep 14 05:55:54 2026
    Hi all...
    I have wget as downloader for updates etc...why I get at the command line
    the error message
    " retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 4 "?

    TIA

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  • From Jim@2:250/1 to All on Mon Sep 14 15:49:47 2026
    On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:55:54 -0000 (UTC), santo wrote:

    Hi all...
    I have wget as downloader for updates etc...why I get at the command line the error message
    " retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 4 "?

    Has something changed to use aria2c as your downloader
    rather than wget? All I can do is quote excerpts from
    aria1c's manual page.

    man aria2c

    aria2c - The ultra fast download utility

    EXIT STATUS
    Because aria2 can handle multiple downloads at once, it encounters lots
    of errors in a session. aria2 returns the following exit status based
    on the last error encountered.

    4 If aria2 saw the specified number of "resource not found" error.
    See --max-file-not-found option.

    --max-file-not-found=<NUM>
    If aria2 receives "file not found" status from the remote
    HTTP/FTP servers NUM times without getting a single byte, then
    force the download to fail. Specify 0 to disable this option.
    This options is effective only when using HTTP/FTP servers. The
    number of retry attempt is counted toward --max-tries, so it
    should be configured too.

    Default: 0

    What are your configuration settings for aria2c ?

    Cheers!

    jim b.



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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Mon Sep 14 16:49:48 2026
    On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:55:54 -0400, santo <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hi all...
    I have wget as downloader for updates etc...why I get at the command line
    the error message
    " retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 4 "?

    Double check the settings. On my system ...

    [root@a14 ~]# head -n 5 /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
    {
    downloader: wget
    verify-rpm: 1
    xml-info: always
    }
    [root@a14 ~]# rpm -q wget
    wget-1.25.0-2.3.mga10

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From santo@2:250/1 to All on Tue Sep 15 10:53:52 2026
    On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:49:48 -0400, David W. Hodgins wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:55:54 -0400, santo <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Hi all...
    I have wget as downloader for updates etc...why I get at the command
    line the error message " retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 4
    "?

    Double check the settings. On my system ...

    [root@a14 ~]# head -n 5 /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg {
    downloader: wget verify-rpm: 1 xml-info: always
    }
    [root@a14 ~]# rpm -q wget wget-1.25.0-2.3.mga10

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

    this is what I get:
    [root@localhost ~]# head -n 5 /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
    {
    }

    Core\ Release\ (Installer) cdrom://x86_64/media/core {
    key-ids: 80420f66
    [root@localhost ~]#



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