[CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

Wed Sep 21 15:27:44 UTC 2011
ken <gebser at mousecar.com>

This error:

Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: 
debug. Please verify its path and try again

occurs every time I run yum (and is where execution stops).  Why? and/or 
What can be done to fix yum so I can use it again?


tnx.

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