> -----Original Message----- > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jim Perrin > Sent: Tue 4/14/2009 5:17 PM > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > Subject: Re: Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Steven McKinney <smckinney@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > Is this just a matter of updating a URL in a .repo file > > or some other issue(s)? > > Other issues. > > > Any info appreciated. > > > > Here's an example update attempt: > > > > [smckinney@mb1 yum.repos.d]$ sudo yum update > > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > > Setting up Update Process > > Setting up repositories > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: > > This url basically spells out your issue. Fedora Core 6 has been EOL > for quite some time, and it appears to no longer be carried on the > fedora mirrors. You can either update to the latest version of fedora > (10 or 11, I'm not sure), or if you want to stick with software of > similar version with a longer lifespan, you might want to check out > CentOS 5. Thank you Jim, Updating OS will need to happen. In the interim I finally found these URLs and yum lives! So we have a bit of breathing room. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/6/source/SRPMS/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/SRPMS/ http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/ [smckinney@mb1 yum.repos.d]$ sudo yum update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 824 kB 00:02 core : ################################################## 2242/2242 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 475 kB 00:01 updates : ################################################## 1285/1285 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.7 MB 00:04 extras : ################################################## 5211/5211 No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion [smckinney@mb1 yum.repos.d]$ Best Steve McKinney > -- > During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. > George Orwell > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
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