[Solved] Error adding cauldron repositories

[carlosfm]

Hi, it seems like I need help...
I've installed Mageia 6 in a new laptop and I'm turning it to Cauldron.
I'm following the steps in the wiki:

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron

"urpmi.removemedia -a" went well.

second command:
urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.cauldron.x86_64.list'

result:

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adding medium "Core Release"
adding medium "Core Release Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Updates"
adding medium "Core Updates Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Updates Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Backports Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core Backports Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Release"
adding medium "Nonfree Release Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Updates"
adding medium "Nonfree Updates Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Updates Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Backports Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree Backports Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Release"
adding medium "Tainted Release Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Updates"
adding medium "Tainted Updates Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Updates Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Backports Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted Backports Testing Debug" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core 32bit Release"
adding medium "Core 32bit Updates"
adding medium "Core 32bit Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core 32bit Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Core 32bit Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree 32bit Release"
adding medium "Nonfree 32bit Updates"
adding medium "Nonfree 32bit Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree 32bit Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Nonfree 32bit Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted 32bit Release"
adding medium "Tainted 32bit Updates"
adding medium "Tainted 32bit Updates Testing" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted 32bit Backports" (ignored by default)
adding medium "Tainted 32bit Backports Testing" (ignored by default)
    http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.cauldron.x86_64.list: media/core/release/media_info/20170923-132603-synthesis.hdlist.cz
retrieval of [http://magie.remi.lu/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch)                         
problem reading synthesis file of medium "Core Release"

... what now?
I have no repositories!
Help...

[ChuangTzu]

be aware cauldron is for those who will not need to ask questions like this. Perhaps stay with stable release.

looks like you forgot:

"And then:"

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urpmi --auto-update --auto

on second look you received an error during the add repo process:
"retrieval of [http://magie.remi.lu/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release/media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz] failed (md5sum mismatch) "

Perhaps try the process again.

[carlosfm]

Well, I've been using Cauldron for years and I know what it means.
Back then, I've just edited a file to turn to Cauldron repositories, maybe I should have done that again, but don't remember how it was, so I found the wiki page.
It seems like the mirrors may be synchronising and not available right now, that is why I get these erros, no?
The error now is this:

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    http://mirrors.mageia.org/api/mageia.cauldron.x86_64.list: media/../../i586/media/core/release/media_info/20170923-184232-synthesis.hdlist.cz             
...retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 3
problem reading synthesis file of medium "Core 32bit Release"

Thanks for your help

[carlosfm]

It worded now, I guess that was just bad luck and some mirrors were not available.
Thanks