yum error

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On 03/16/2011 05:29 PM, jeff at bubble.org wrote:
> Running F14 and when I issue the command "sudo yum check-update" I will
> often but not always get the following in response:
> 
> $sudo yum check-update
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
> Adding en_US to language list
> Could not get metalink
> https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f14&arch=x86_64
> error was
> 14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - ""
> 
> Any thoughts?  I quick search showed the same error with the debug repo
> but this is obviously not the debug repository.
> 
> Thanks, Jeff
> 

Same URL is working fine here with curl. I think PYCURL ERROR 6 is:

       6      Couldn’t resolve host. The given remote host was not resolved.

So probably worth checking DNS is working on the box.

Regards,
Bryn.