Jack Byers byersj@xxxxxxxxxxx
root@bootp yum.repos.d]# uname -a
Linux bootp 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 #1 Tue Aug 8 15:30:55 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
hitting this error on yum commands that worked only a week or so ago
root@bootp byers]# yum provides lsusb
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
[root@bootp byers]#
similarly
[root@bootp byers]# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
[root@bootp byers]#
upon googling I found a "suggestion" that
uncommenting the "baseurl ...." line in the various
repos.d files might help, but without explanation.
my mystery is that the above commands used to work without any change to the
respos.d files
uncommenting the baseurl line in -core, -updates, -extras
then allowed the "yum provides lsusb" to work as previously:
All three were necessary.
[root@bootp yum.repos.d]# yum provides lsusb
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]
updates [2/3]
extras [3/3]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Importing additional filelist information
usbutils.i386 0.71-2 core
Matched from:
/sbin/lsusb
/usr/share/man/man8/lsusb.8.gz
usbutils.i386 0.71-2 installed
Matched from:
/sbin/lsusb
/usr/share/man/man8/lsusb.8.gz
[root@bootp yum.repos.d]#
I have still not changed -development, -extras-development, updates-testing
I would appreciate some feedback on this behavior,
especiallly before I go much further and really mess up my system.
--is it now required that these baseurl lines be uncommented?
Jack
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