not able to update: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)

Robin Green greenrd at greenrd.org
Tue Jan 12 23:10:26 UTC 2010


This is almost certainly https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548269
A fix is in this comment of that bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548269#c19
-- 
Robin

At Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:15:59 -0800 (PST),
Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> Dear fellow rawhide users,
> 
> It has been a while (since Decemember of last year), that I can't update my machines to latest packages, I keep getting the error above in title.  
> 
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# ./up2date 
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> Cleaning up Everything                    
> 0 delta-package files removed, by presto  
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> 0 metadata files removed                  
> 0 sqlite files removed                    
> 0 metadata files removed                  
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rawhide. Please verify its path and try again                                           
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo               
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# ./up2date 
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> Cleaning up Everything                    
> 0 delta-package files removed, by presto  
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> 0 metadata files removed                  
> 0 sqlite files removed                    
> 0 metadata files removed                  
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - ""                                    
> Trying other mirror.                                                            
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rawhide. Please verify its path and try again                                           
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# yum clean all                                         
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                                      
> Cleaning up Everything                                                          
> 0 delta-package files removed, by presto                                        
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# yum clean metadata                                    
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                                      
> 0 metadata files removed                                                        
> 0 sqlite files removed                                                          
> 0 metadata files removed                                                        
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - ""                                    
> Trying other mirror.                                                            
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rawhide. Please verify its path and try again                                           
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# yum repolist                                          
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                                      
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - ""                                    
> Trying other mirror.                                                            
> repo id repo name                                                         status
> rawhide Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for the next Fedora rel 0     
> repolist: 0                                                                     
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# ./up2date                              
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                       
> Cleaning up Everything                                           
> 0 delta-package files removed, by presto                         
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                       
> 0 metadata files removed                                         
> 0 sqlite files removed                                           
> 0 metadata files removed                                         
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit                       
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rawhide. Please verify its path and try again                                           
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# yum repolist
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> repo id repo name                                                         status
> rawhide Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for the next Fedora rel 0     
> repolist: 0                                                                     
> [root at n6355-ET1161-05 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo
> # These packages are untested and still under development. This   
> # repository is used for development of new releases.             
> #                                                                 
> # This repository can see significant daily turnover and major    
> # functionality changes which cause unexpected problems with other
> # development packages. Please use these packages if you want to work
> # with the Fedora developers by testing these new development packages.
> #                                                                      
> # fedora-test-list at redhat.com is available as a discussion forum for   
> # testing and troubleshooting for development packages in conjunction  
> # with new test releases.                                              
> #                                                                      
> # More information is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing 
> #                                                                        
> # Reproducible and reportable issues should be filed at                  
> # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/.                                           
> #                                                                        
> # Product: Fedora                                                        
> # Version: rawhide                                                       
> 
> [rawhide]
> name=Fedora - Rawhide - Developmental packages for the next Fedora release
> failovermethod=priority                                                   
> baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/$basearch/os/                                                                            
> mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rawhide&arch=$basearch                                                                               
> enabled=1                                                                       
> gpgcheck=0                                                                      
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch                                           
> 
> [rawhide-debuginfo]
> name=Fedora - Rawhide - Debug
> failovermethod=priority      
> #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/$basearch/debug/
> mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rawhide-debug&arch=$basearch
> enabled=0
> gpgcheck=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch
> 
> [rawhide-source]
> name=Fedora - Rawhide - Source
> failovermethod=priority
> #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/
> mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rawhide-source&arch=$basearch
> enabled=0
> gpgcheck=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test-$basearch file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch
> 
> 
> Are there any workarounds?
> 
> 
> This might be due to the transitions taking place?
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
> 
> Antonio 
> 
> 
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