[CentOS] C6.8 YUM reference to Red Hat

Mon May 30 14:02:06 UTC 2016
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 05/30/2016 07:46 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 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
> 

Actually, looking at the repos, you only NEED *centos-release-scl-rh*
(that is the actual replacement for what we were building) .. but
*centos-release-scl* has other items you might also find helpful.


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