Yum update failure -

[Phil Dobbin]

On 15/12/13 09:16, Bob Goodwin wrote:

> This is an error message I have not had before:
>
> [root at box10 bobg]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> adobe-linux-x86_64 |  951 B  00:00:00
> fedora/20/x86_64/metalink |  18 kB  00:00:00
> fedora | 3.8 kB  00:00:00
> rpmfusion-free-rawhide | 3.3 kB  00:00:00
> rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide | 3.3 kB  00:00:00
> updates/20/x86_64/metalink |  17 kB  00:00:00
> updates | 4.6 kB  00:00:00
> http://mirror.west.ig2ad.com/Fedora/linux/updates/20/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for updates
> Trying other mirror.
> updates | 3.4 kB  00:00:00
> http://mirror.uoregon.edu/fedora/linux/updates/20/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for updates
> Trying other mirror.
> updates | 3.4 kB  00:00:00
> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/updates/20/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for updates
> Trying other mirror.
>
> And it continues ad infinitum.
>
> Knowing nothing else to try I did "yum clean metadata" and then "yum
> clean all." That did not help.
>
> Am I the only one?

I was similarly afflicted by this & surmounted it by commenting out 
'192.168.1.254' in /etc/resolv.conf & replacing it with Google's 
nameservers: 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4.

Cheers,

   Phil...

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