[CentOS] C6.8 YUM reference to Red Hat

Mon May 30 12:46:50 UTC 2016
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 05/29/2016 09:01 PM, Always Learning wrote:
> 
> Doing a yum update on C6.8 .................
> 
> 
> :  yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, protectbase
> Setting up Update Process
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: centos.datente.com
>  * epel: mirrors.n-ix.net
>  * extras: mirror.softaculous.com
>  * updates: centos.datente.com
> base                                            | 3.7 kB     00:00     
> base/primary_db                                 | 4.7 MB     00:00     
> cr                                              | 3.3 kB     00:00     
> cr/primary_db                                   | 1.2 kB     00:00     
> epel                                            | 4.3 kB     00:00     
> epel/primary_db                                 | 5.8 MB     00:00     
> extras                                          | 3.4 kB     00:00     
> extras/primary_db                               |  36 kB     00:00     
> mariadb                                         | 2.9 kB     00:00     
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno
> 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found"
> Trying other mirror.
> To address this issue please refer to the below knowledge base article 
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/articles/1320623
> 
> If above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please open a ticket
> with Red Hat Support.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The Red Hat explanation is blocked. All one can read is
> 
> " This issue generally occurs if client system is able to commun...
> Subscriber exclusive content"
> 
> QUESTIONS
> 
> (1)  Should the Red Hat link be replaced by a Centos one ?
> 
> (2)  Why am I seeing a 'SCL' URL when I have not subscribed to Software
> Collections ?
> 
> (3)  I did not get the error when updating other C6 installations around
> Europe, probably because they used different sources, so is the error
> caused by a faulty mirror file ?
> 
> 
> Despite the error, I successfully installed
> 
>  acpid              x86_64   1.0.10-3.el6          base     37 k
>  centos-release     x86_64   6-8.el6.centos.12.3   base     21 k
>  findutils          x86_64   1:4.4.2-9.el6         base    447 k
>  logwatch           noarch   7.3.6-54.el6          base    303 k
>  pango              x86_64   1.28.1-11.el6         base    351 k
>  passwd             x86_64   0.77-7.el6            base     89 k
>  wget               x86_64   1.12-8.el6            base    484 k
> 
> 
> Comments and advice welcome and appreciated, as always.
> 
> 

The Red Hat reference in yum I am working on for a future update.

The <path>/SCL is old and has been replaced by the SIG version of
software collections:

yum remove centos-release-SCL

yum install centos-release-scl centos-release-scl-rh

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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