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

Antonio Olivares olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 14 13:15:59 UTC 2010


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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