Solved - Re: [CentOS] Problems with some rpms in my local repo

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Jun 26 03:45:15 UTC 2008


yum clean all

Do this first.....

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> This is perplexing.
>
> on a Centos 5.1 box that I am trying to upgrade, I keep getting:
>
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media>
>
> from my local repo. I did a blank system install via http from this 
> server with no problem.
>
> For instance, if I limit myself to:
>
> yum upgrade yum
>
> I get:
>
> Loading "priorities" plugin
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Upgrade Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.2.8-9.el5.centos.2.1 set to be updated
> --> Running transaction check
> --> Processing Dependency: yum-metadata-parser >= 1.1.0 for package: yum
> --> Processing Dependency: yum-fastestmirror for package: yum
> --> Processing Dependency: python-iniparse for package: yum
> --> Processing Dependency: yum = 3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5 for package: 
> yum-updatesd
> --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Downloading header for yum-metadata-parser to pack into 
> transaction set.
> media://1213888991.267240%231/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5.i386.rpm: 
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media>
> Trying other mirror.
> Error: failed to retrieve 
> CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5.i386.rpm from base
> error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media>
>
> Yet on the system I built, yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5.i386.rpm is 
> there, and I have done a yum update on that system already (how I 
> learned there are bunches of updates out there).
>
> I suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?
>
> BTW, I did a yum upgrade kernel* and that worked fine. I was going to 
> try to upgrade piece-by-piece, as this is a slow box.
>
>
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