[CentOS] yum errors

Wes James
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 03:37:34 -0000

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Wes James <comptekki at me.com>
wrote:
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>
> <snip>
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>> 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>
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 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>>
>>
>> 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
error was
12: Timeout on
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