A couple of days ago I run yum update to take care of installing new updates for evolution.i386, evolution-data-server.i386 and nscd.i386 . The update went through with no fuss. Yesterday when I ran check-update I got the exact same updates list. So I did not run yum update, thinking this was a sync error or a repo issue.
Today (just a few minutes ago) I ran the update check again and got the same list. So I ran yum clean all and now I get a different error, detailed below. Anyone know why this happens or what to do? I see the epel mirror has changed but don't know why or what to make of it. Advice welcome.
Dave
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[admin@cserver ~]$ yum check-update Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: www.muug.mb.ca * virtualmin: software.virtualmin.com * virtualmin-universal: software.virtualmin.com * base: centos.arcticnetwork.ca * updates: www.muug.mb.ca * addons: www.muug.mb.ca * extras: www.muug.mb.ca 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
evolution.i386 2.12.3-8.el5_2.3 updates evolution-data-server.i386 1.12.3-6.el5_2.3 updates nscd.i386 2.5-24.el5_2.2 updates [admin@cserver ~]$ man yum [admin@cserver ~]$ yum clean all Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin You need to be root to perform this command. [admin@cserver ~]$ su - Password: [root@cserver ~]# yum clean all Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Cleaning up Everything Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors [root@cserver ~]# exit logout
[admin@cserver ~]$ yum check-update Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Determining fastest mirrors * epel: www.muug.mb.ca * virtualmin: software.virtualmin.com * virtualmin-universal: software.virtualmin.com * base: www.muug.mb.ca * updates: www.muug.mb.ca * addons: www.muug.mb.ca * extras: www.muug.mb.ca Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again [admin@cserver ~]$ yum check-update Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Determining fastest mirrors * epel: mirror.its.uidaho.edu * virtualmin: software.virtualmin.com * virtualmin-universal: software.virtualmin.com * base: ftp.telus.net * updates: ftp.telus.net * addons: ftp.telus.net * extras: ftp.telus.net Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again [admin@cserver ~]$
Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:22:46 -0800:
Anyone know why this happens or what to do? I see the epel mirror has changed
No, the mirror for base changed.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel.
It doesn't appear to mirror EPEL: ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/ You have likely hardcoded this.
Kai
On Friday 12 December 2008 12:31:47 pm Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:22:46 -0800:
Anyone know why this happens or what to do? I see the epel mirror has changed
No, the mirror for base changed.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel.
It doesn't appear to mirror EPEL: ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/ You have likely hardcoded this.
Kai
Thanks, but I only partly understand. here is the (part) yum.conf
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[admin@cserver etc]$ cd yum.repos.d [admin@cserver yum.repos.d]$ ls CentOS-Base.repo epel.repo virtualmin.repo CentOS-Media.repo epel-testing.repo [admin@cserver yum.repos.d]$ ls -al total 44 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 9 23:16 . drwxr-xr-x 115 root root 12288 Dec 11 21:40 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2049 Jun 19 06:48 CentOS-Base.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626 Jun 19 06:48 CentOS-Media.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 954 Apr 25 2008 epel.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1054 Apr 25 2008 epel-testing.repo -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 410 Jul 19 2007 virtualmin.repo [admin@cserver yum.repos.d]$ cat epel.repo [epel] name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - $basearch #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=$basearch failovermethod=priority enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL
Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:32:51 -0800:
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=$basearch
Hm, not hardcoded then. I looked again at ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/ The epel mirror is to be found in the hierarchy below fedora. That's why it looked to be absent. I don't think this is a problem on your end. If this problem persists, I'd contact them as there might be a problem. You could change to the baseurl instead for a while and then try again. I don't know a way to "exclude" certain mirrors.
Kai
On Saturday 13 December 2008 03:32:20 am Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:32:51 -0800:
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=$ basearch
Hm, not hardcoded then. I looked again at ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/mirror/ The epel mirror is to be found in the hierarchy below fedora. That's why it looked to be absent. I don't think this is a problem on your end.
you must be right. I tried it again this am and everything "just works."
Thanks,
Dave
If this problem persists, I'd contact them as there might be a problem. You could change to the baseurl instead for a while and then try again. I don't know a way to "exclude" certain mirrors.
Kai
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