Yum 2.2 w/ HTTP proxy fails w/ error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo:"
Mike Fleetwood
mike at rockover.demon.co.uk
Tue Mar 29 22:22:14 UTC 2005
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Kam Leo wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:35:06 +0100 (BST), Mike Fleetwood
> <mike at rockover.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Recently "yum check-update" and "yum update" has started producing the
>> error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: ...". Googling suggests
>> that other occurrences have been caused by network connectivity errors
>> or miss configured yum repository locations. I am convinced that in my
>> case it is yum 2.2's inability to successfully download files through a
>> HTTP proxy that is the problem. To work around the problem I
>> reinstalled yum 2.1 and upgrade using "yum --exclude=yum update".
>>
>> Has anybody else had the same experience?
>> Can anybody suggest how to debug the code? Running "yum -d 9 ..."
>> doesn't add anything useful.
>>
>> I have 2 FC3 installations which I update manually using "yum update"
>> regularly. Both have to use a HTTP proxy (different ones) to access
>> the Internet and both have the same problem.
>>
>> HTTP proxy setting:
>>
>> [root at bridge ~]# env | grep HTTP
>> HTTP_PROXY=http://rockover:8080/
>>
>> Here is yum 2.1 working:
>>
>> [root at bridge ~]# rpm -q yum
>> yum-2.1.12-0.fc3
>>
>> [root at bridge ~]# yum update
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Setting up Repo: base
>> repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
>> Setting up Repo: updates-released
>> repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> base : ################################################## 2622/2622
>> updates-re: ################################################## 742/742
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>> ---> Package yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3 set to be updated
>> --> Running transaction check
>>
>> Dependencies Resolved
>> Transaction Listing:
>> Update: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3
>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>> Downloading Packages:
>> Running Transaction Test
>> Finished Transaction Test
>> Transaction Test Succeeded
>> Running Transaction
>> Updating: yum 100 % done 1/2
>> Completing update for yum - 2/2
>>
>> Updated: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3
>> Complete!
>>
>> And here is yum 2.2 failing:
>>
>> [root at bridge ~]# rpm -q yum
>> yum-2.2.0-0.fc3
>>
>> [root at bridge ~]# yum update
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Setting up Repos
>> base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
>> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates-released
>>
>> Thanks for your attention,
>> Mike
>> --
>
> Check /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo for a typo or invalid url.
> You can also add an alternate/fallback repo to this file so that yum
> will not abort when the primary repo is not available.
>
> Next time please provide the contents of /etc/yum.conf and all of the
> .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/
>
>
Here's /etc/yum.conf:
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
And /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files where enabled=1.
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo:
[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
/etc/yum/repos.d/livna.org-stable.repo
# http://rpm.livna.org/
[livna.org-stable]
name=Livna.org (stable) Fedora Compatible Extras
#mirrorlist=
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
Thanks,
Mike
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