Re: Yum Update error. Is the mirror down?

[niji ogunbameru]

Please also see my comment below::

[root@snmp-nagios snmptt_1.3]# wget --S --O -  
'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386'
--2011-02-28 04:16:16--  http://%E2%80%93s/
Connecting to 192.168.12.42:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 400 Bad Request
2011-02-28 04:16:16 ERROR 400: Bad Request.

--2011-02-28 04:16:16--  http://%E2%80%93o/
Connecting to 192.168.12.42:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 400 Bad Request
2011-02-28 04:16:16 ERROR 400: Bad Request.

--2011-02-28 04:16:16--  http://-/
Connecting to 192.168.12.42:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable
2011-02-28 04:16:16 ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.

--2011-02-28 04:16:16--  
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386
Connecting to 192.168.12.42:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-02-28 04:16:16 ERROR 404: Not Found.

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I am getting this with epel.repo disabled as I have revert back to 
Centos-Base repo.
I think something is definitly wrong with the http 
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386
I will like to get the resolved as this is repo is more cleaner and 
resourceful
Any help will be appreciated

Kind Regards
Niji



Niji Ogunbameru
IT Systems
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On 02/25/2011 05:08 PM, Matt_Domsch(a)Dell.com wrote:
>  If you run this, what do you get?
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>  $ wget --S --O - 
>   'http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386'
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>  Thanks,
>  Matt
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>  *Matt Domsch*
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>  *Dell*| Office of the CTO**
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>  *From:*[e-mail] 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] *On Behalf Of *niji 
>  ogunbameru
>  *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 8:53 AM
>  *To:* mirror-admin(a)fedoraproject.org
>  *Subject:* Fwd: Yum Update error. Is the mirror down?
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>  Dear Sir / Madam
>  Each tile I try to run yum update, The following error is been generated.
>  yum update
>  Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
>  Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  Could not retrieve mirrorlist 
>  http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386 
>  <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386> 
>  error was
>  [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
>  Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: epel
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>  Is this a sign of possible issue with the mirror site.
>  Regards
>  Niji
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>  Copy of my /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
>  [epel]
>  name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - $basearch
>  #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch
>  mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&ar... 
>  <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=$basearc...
>  failovermethod=priority
>  enabled=1
>  gpgcheck=1
>  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL 
>  <file:///%5C%5Cetc%5Cpki%5Crpm-gpg%5CRPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL>
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>  [epel-debuginfo]
>  name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - $basearch - Debug
>  #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/$basearch/debug
>
> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-debug-5&...
>
>  <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-debug-5&arch=$b...
>  failovermethod=priority
>  enabled=0
>  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL 
>  <file:///%5C%5Cetc%5Cpki%5Crpm-gpg%5CRPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL>
>  gpgcheck=1
>
>  [epel-source]
>  name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5 - $basearch - Source
>  #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/SRPMS
>
> mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-source-5...
>
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> <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-source-5&arch=$...
>  failovermethod=priority
>  enabled=0
>  gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL 
>  <file:///%5C%5Cetc%5Cpki%5Crpm-gpg%5CRPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL>
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>  -- 
>  Niji Ogunbameru
>  IT Systems
>  Experian pH *
>  Royalty Studios | 105-109 Lancaster | Road London | W11 1QF
>  T: 44 (0) 207 9859782 | M: 44 (0) 795 9716201
>  http://www.experian.co.uk|http://www.phgroup.com