[CentOS] yum errors

Wes James
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 03:48:06 -0000

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com
<mailto:comptekki at me.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I finally just did yum update on this box (actually 6.3) and now it
is 6.7.  During the update it created a CentOS-Base.repo.rpmnew file.  I renamed
my current one and this one to just .repo and  now I again get:
>>>
>>> ----
>>>
>>> yum update
>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
>>> Setting up Update Process
>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>
error was
>>> 12: Timeout on
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:><http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:>>
(28, 'connect() timed out!')
>>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
>>>
>>> ??
>>>
>>> I thought updating to 6.7 might fix something, but it didn?t help.
Any ideas why it is doing this?
>>>
>>> If I go to:
>>>
>>>
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>>>
>>>
>>> in a browser, it shows a list of repos.
>>>
>>
>> I just noticed on a stock install of 6.7 (from 6.4 doing a test), doing
yum update shows this:
>>
>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
>>
>> But on the box I just updated it shows:
>>
>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
>>
>> So maybe the presto plugin is causing the problem.  Anyone else using
presto plugin??
>>
>> -wes
>
>
> That wasn?t it.  I disabled presto then both with (and got the following
error):
>
> yum update --disableplugin=presto,fast*
> Setting up Update Process
> Could not retrieve mirrorlist
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock>
error was
> 12: Timeout on
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:
<http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock:>
(28, 'connect() timed out!')
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
base. Please verify its path and try again
>
>
> ?
>
>
> Not sure what to try next.  Other than my previous fix of not using a
mirror list, but a known local repo that works fine for updates.
>
> -wes

Poking around I found:

/etc/yum/pluginconf.d and now I see where presto comes from.  I noticed in the
fastmirror.conf there is a line

hostfile-timedhosts.txt

On my test box it has several lines of hosts with a number.

On the box I?m have yum update issues, it is blank.  ??

-wes