2006/4/3, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Why, oh why am I getting this mysterious message from yum > on one FC-4 machine? > ---------------------------------- > [root@alfred tim]# yum update > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (2, 'No such file or directory')> > Trying other mirror. > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: base > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors > to try. > ---------------------------------- > > I've checked that the repomd.xml file does exist; > I can save it in my browser, but wget fails: > ---------------------------------- > [root@alfred tim]# wget > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > --13:17:09-- > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml > => `repomd.xml' > Resolving download.fedora.redhat.com... failed: No such file or directory. > ---------------------------------- > > I get the same error if I change the baseurl: > ---------------------------------- > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (2, 'No such file or directory')> > ---------------------------------- > > Again, I can see the file in my browser. > > What, please, is the cause of this problem. > And even more important, what can I do about it? > > I googled for the error message, > and while I came up with many instances, > none of the suggestions offered seemed relevant in my case. > > I have one other AMD-64 machine still running FC-4, > but this has no problem with yum. > I've even tried using the yum.repos.d files from that machine > in the "bad" machine, but this does not help matters. > > > Any advice or suggestions gratefully received. > > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Check other messages sent short ago about nsswith.conf file that is broken... -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag
