[CentOS] yum errors

Tue Dec 8 05:57:58 UTC 2015

On 12/08/2015 06:50 PM, Wes James wrote:
>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Jake Shipton <jakems at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>
>> Wes James wrote:
>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com <mailto:comptekki at me.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I finally just did yum update on this box (actually 6.3) and now it is 6.7.  During the update it created a CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew file.  I renamed my current one and this one to just .repo and  now I again get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yum update
>>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
>>>>>> Setting up Update Process
>>>>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> error was
>>>>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:>> (28, 'connect() timed out!')
>>>>>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ——
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought updating to 6.7 might fix something, but it didn’t help.  Any ideas why it is doing this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I go to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in a browser, it shows a list of repos.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I just noticed on a stock install of 6.7 (from 6.4 doing a test), doing yum update shows this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
>>>>>
>>>>> But on the box I just updated it shows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
>>>>>
>>>>> So maybe the presto plugin is causing the problem.  Anyone else using presto plugin??
>>>>>
>>>>> -wes
>>>>
>>>> That wasn’t it.  I disabled presto then both with (and got the following error):
>>>>
>>>> yum update --disableplugin=presto,fast*
>>>> Setting up Update Process
>>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock> error was
>>>> 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock: <http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:> (28, 'connect() timed out!')
>>>> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what to try next.  Other than my previous fix of not using a mirror list, but a known local repo that works fine for updates.
>>>>
>>>> -wes
>>> Poking around I found:
>>>
>>> /etc/yum/pluginconf.d and now I see where presto comes from.  I noticed in the fastmirror.conf there is a line
>>>
>>> hostfile-timedhosts.txt
>>>
>>> On my test box it has several lines of hosts with a number.
>>>
>>> On the box I’m have yum update issues, it is blank.  ??
>>>
>>> -wes
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I wasn't sure if I should reply to you as you seem to be doing a pretty
>> good job of helping your self here :-D.
>>
>> But jokes aside, can you do a couple of checks?
>>
>> Firstly, let's make sure this machine actually has a network connection
>> I've actually seen people spend hours trying to fix issues like yours
>> only to find they had no outside network connection..
>>
>> $ ping 8.8.8.8
>>
>> Do you get a ping response? If not, check network settings. If you do,
>> move on..
>>
>> $ ping google.com
>>
>> Does the domain resolve correctly? If not, check DNS settings. If you
>> do, move on..
>>
>> Assuming both of those have worked, can you do the following:
>>
>> $ mkdir temporary
>> $ cd temporary
>> $ wget
>> "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock"
>>
>> (Don't miss those quotes on the url, they are needed to ensure the &'s
>> do not confuse BASH/ZSH)
>>
>>
>> Now, what happened? Did it connect and download correctly? If so do the
>> following:
>>
>> $ cat index.html\?release=6\&arch=x86_64\&repo=os\&infra=stock
>>
>> You should basically get the mirror list:
>>
>> http://mirrors.coreix.net/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://centos.serverspace.co.uk/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirrors.vooservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirror.mhd.uk.as44574.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirrors.clouvider.net/CentOS/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/
>> http://mirror.as29550.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/
>>
>> With all of the above checks did you get expecting results including
>> domain resolution, ping response and the mirror list contents?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Jake Shipton (JakeMS)
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> Yes dns works.  If I change this file
>
> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
>
> to this:
>
> [base]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
> #mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra
finally something I can check for you
my 6.x machine does not have the trailing &infra=$infra
suggest you remove and try again
> baseurl=http://some.mirror.in.my.state/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 <file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6>
>
> it works to do updates (and the other baseurl lines in that file).  It fails with the mirror list option.
>
> I have a centos 6.2 box here that is working just fine with updates and it looks very similar to this 6.7 box - updated from 6.3).  I even tried going from static IP to dhcp assigned IP but no go.
>
> I just check /var/log/yum.log, but that doesn’t show any errors, just successful updates.
>
> -wes
>
>
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