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SentientOS · 01-20-2012, 11:58 AM

I've been trying to update with yum, but it always seems to come out yuck. Yet, wget always finds the URL. Why?

[root@localhost ~]# yum check-update
Not loading "blacklist" plugin, as it is disabled
Not loading "whiteout" plugin, as it is disabled
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Config time: 0.029
Yum Version: 3.2.29
Setting up Package Sacks
Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...64&repo=extras error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 47 - "Maximum (5) redirects followed"
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras

But check this out, wget finds the URL without a problem. Can I do some reconfiguration of the yum.conf file or something to fix this?

[root@localhost ~]# wget "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=extras"
--2012-01-20 11:53:58-- http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...64&repo=extras
Resolving mirrorlist.centos.org... 204.15.73.243, 64.235.47.134, 69.30.193.218, ...
Connecting to mirrorlist.centos.org|204.15.73.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://www.cfauth.com/?cfru=aHR0cDov...JlcG89ZXh0cmFz [following]
--2012-01-20 11:53:58-- http://www.cfauth.com/?cfru=aHR0cDov...JlcG89ZXh0cmFz
Resolving www.cfauth.com... 216.52.23.29
Connecting to www.cfauth.com|216.52.23.29|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...AAAAAAAFnMBgA= [following]
--2012-01-20 11:54:03-- http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...AAAAAAAFnMBgA=
Connecting to mirrorlist.centos.org|204.15.73.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...64&repo=extras [following]
--2012-01-20 11:54:03-- http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...64&repo=extras
Connecting to mirrorlist.centos.org|204.15.73.243|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: “index.html?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=extras”

[ <=> ] 1,108 --.-K/s in 0s

2012-01-20 11:54:03 (107 MB/s) - “index.html?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=extras” saved [1108]

[root@localhost ~]#

kbscores · 01-20-2012, 12:18 PM

There are a couple of things that can be done. If you look at the /etc/yum.conf file. There is a line that should look something like this:

Code:

[BASE]
name=myftp
baseurl=ftp://111.111.111.111/pub/file-path-to-repo
enable=1
gpgcheck=1

If there is more than one baseurl line listed within this block delete it. IF there is more than one block that is fine.

You can also disable plugins in this file or disable single plugins by setting enable flag = 0. Plugin files are located at:

Code:

/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/plugin-name

You can also run command with:

Code:

#yum --disableplugin=pluginname

amani · 01-20-2012, 12:20 PM

#yum clean all

#yum update

#yum install yum*

If you have a problem with repos, then see http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yu...-packages.html

SentientOS · 01-20-2012, 12:36 PM

It seems like all of the URLs to the repositories are dead. I've been going through each URL in the config files and they all seem to point to invalid URLs. Is it just me, or was this distro configured by an escaped mental patient?

SentientOS · 01-20-2012, 05:14 PM

I still believe that one day, Yum will run on my server.

However, right now I'm getting the error message

Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...x86_64&repo=os error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 47 = "Maximum (5) redirects followed"
Error: Cannon find a valid baseurl for repo: base

I've tried:
>Deleting all packages from the CentOS-Base.repo file except [base]
>editing the mirrorlist to point to several servers
>shutting off fastestmirror and editing the baseurl to point to several servers
>pinging the servers (hits servers)
>visiting the servers in my web browser (can see servers)
>wget the servers (can download the webpage with the data)
>restarting my network interface
>manually asigning my IP address

Nothing seems to fix this. Any ideas?

Justin236 · 01-20-2012, 11:04 PM

I gave up Fedora for OpenBSD over yum issues. It took over a minute and a half to update each package on my little netbook, and there were over a hundred packages to update every couple of days. OpenBSD's pkg_add works like a charm in comparison, even with the snapshots for the most part if you are too impatient to stick with the stable release that comes out every six months like clockwork.