linux:/opt/finishing/rpms/yum-x86_64 # yum update Error: Bad repository file ///etc/yum.repos.d/main.repo, no repo stanzas. Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories No Repositories Available to Set Up Reading repository metadata in from local files No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion My repo file looks like this: linux:/opt/finishing/rpms/yum-x86_64 # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/main.repo [main] gpgcheck=0 name=SuSE Linux 9.3 baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.1/suse and I can reach the repomd.xml file easily linux:/opt/finishing/rpms/yum-x86_64 # /usr/bin/wget ftp://192.168.0.1/suse/repodata/repomd.xml --14:07:30-- ftp://192.168.0.1/suse/repodata/repomd.xml => `repomd.xml' Connecting to 192.168.0.1:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /suse/repodata ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR repomd.xml ... done. Length: 951 (unauthoritative) 100%[====================================>] 951 --.--K/s 14:07:30 (17.11 MB/s) - `repomd.xml' saved [951] (that is, I can reach the repository via anonymous ftp without problems). What is strange is that this same config works on another machine using a different repository without this error /root# yum list |& less Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Installed Packages 3ddiag.i586 0.724-3 installed 844-ksc-pcf.noarch 19990207-594 installed BigClerk.noarch 0.07-1 installed ... zsh.i586 4.2.4-5 installed zvbi.i586 0.2.13-3 installed Available Packages 3dpong.i586 0.4-650 autoinst 3dto3d.i586 3.5-21 autoinst AtaAuto.i586 1.5.0-173 autoinst Both repositories were created in the same way. -- Joe Landman email: landman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com
