If I issue any command trying to contact updates repository I get: yum list updates Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories updates 53 B 00:00 http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] Error importing repomd.xml for updates: Damaged repomd.xml file Trying other mirror. Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: updates And here is my fedora-updates.repo configuration file for yum: # Repository : updates # [updates] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Updates baseurl=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc$releasever&arch=$basearch gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora enabled=1 Same problem with pirut and yumex. I searched in bugzilla but I didn't see the solution. Perfectly running in FC5 -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag