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1. BUG #18861: Not able to download rpm package

   PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> — 2025-03-21T10:52:26Z

   The following bug has been logged on the website:
   
   Bug reference:      18861
   Logged by:          Nagalakshmi Thangavelu
   Email address:      nsthanga@gmail.com
   PostgreSQL version: 17.4
   Operating system:   Rhel 9
   Description:        
   
   Getting erro while running below code on Rhel 9 server . Please provide
   option to for .tar.gz install
   
   
   # Install the repository RPM:
   sudo dnf install -y
   https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-9-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
   
   # Disable the built-in PostgreSQL module:
   sudo dnf -qy module disable postgresql
   
   # Install PostgreSQL:
   sudo dnf install -y postgresql17-server
   
   # Optionally initialize the database and enable automatic start:
   sudo /usr/pgsql-17/bin/postgresql-17-setup initdb
   sudo systemctl enable postgresql-17
   sudo systemctl start postgresql-17
   
   Error 
   Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'pgdg-common':
     - Status code: 503 for
   https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-9-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
   (IP: 72.32.157.246)
   Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'pgdg-common': Cannot download
   repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
   
   

2. Re: BUG #18861: Not able to download rpm package

   Devrim Gündüz <devrim@gunduz.org> — 2025-03-25T07:53:00Z

   Hi,
   
   On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 10:52 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
   > Error 
   > Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'pgdg-common':
   >   - Status code: 503 for
   > https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-9-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
   > (IP: 72.32.157.246)
   > Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'pgdg-common': Cannot
   > download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors
   > were tried
   
   Looks like a transient error. Works fine now.
   
   Regards,
   -- 
   Devrim Gündüz
   Open Source Solution Architect, PostgreSQL Major Contributor
   Twitter: @DevrimGunduz , @DevrimGunduzTR
   

3. Re: BUG #18861: Not able to download rpm package

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2025-03-25T07:59:15Z

   Devrim =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnd=FCz?= <devrim@gunduz.org> writes:
   > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 10:52 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
   >> Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'pgdg-common':
   >>   - Status code: 503 for
   >> https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/rhel-9-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
   
   > Looks like a transient error. Works fine now.
   
   Possibly the same flaky-firewall issue we've been contending with
   for awhile now:
   
   https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/9ADA1715-8208-4212-B352-D9AD2A1DE20F%40thebuild.com
   
   			regards, tom lane