On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:35:06 +0100 (BST), Mike Fleetwood <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Recently "yum check-update" and "yum update" has started producing the > error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: ...". Googling suggests > that other occurrences have been caused by network connectivity errors > or miss configured yum repository locations. I am convinced that in my > case it is yum 2.2's inability to successfully download files through a > HTTP proxy that is the problem. To work around the problem I > reinstalled yum 2.1 and upgrade using "yum --exclude=yum update". > > Has anybody else had the same experience? > Can anybody suggest how to debug the code? Running "yum -d 9 ..." > doesn't add anything useful. > > I have 2 FC3 installations which I update manually using "yum update" > regularly. Both have to use a HTTP proxy (different ones) to access > the Internet and both have the same problem. > > HTTP proxy setting: > > [root@bridge ~]# env | grep HTTP > HTTP_PROXY=http://rockover:8080/ > > Here is yum 2.1 working: > > [root@bridge ~]# rpm -q yum > yum-2.1.12-0.fc3 > > [root@bridge ~]# yum update > Setting up Update Process > Setting up Repo: base > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > Setting up Repo: updates-released > repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > base : ################################################## 2622/2622 > updates-re: ################################################## 742/742 > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Package yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3 set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > > Dependencies Resolved > Transaction Listing: > Update: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3 > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Updating: yum 100 % done 1/2 > Completing update for yum - 2/2 > > Updated: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3 > Complete! > > And here is yum 2.2 failing: > > [root@bridge ~]# rpm -q yum > yum-2.2.0-0.fc3 > > [root@bridge ~]# yum update > Setting up Update Process > Setting up Repos > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates-released > > Thanks for your attention, > Mike > -- Check /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo for a typo or invalid url. You can also add an alternate/fallback repo to this file so that yum will not abort when the primary repo is not available. Next time please provide the contents of /etc/yum.conf and all of the .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/
