Another yum update problem

[Matt Domsch]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 09:41:08AM +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> I'm using FC12 i386 a fresh install, when trying to update all 
> programmes or individually I get this error.
> 
> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo yum update yum
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> fedora/metalink 
>                                                                 | 4.0 kB 
>      00:00
> fedora 
>                                                                 | 4.2 kB 
>      00:00
> fedora/primary_db 
>                                                                 | 9.7 MB 
>      00:19
> updates/metalink 
>                                                                 |  14 kB 
>      00:00
> Could not parse metalink 
> https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-12&arch=i386 
> error was
> File /var/cache/yum/i386/12/updates/metalink.xml.tmp is not XML
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: 
> updates. Please verify its path and try again


Your link:
https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-12&arch=i386

The "right" link:
https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f12&arch=i386

spot the missing "f" in yours. :-)

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO