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Fedora 12: Problem with software update using Yum.

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piscesboy

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Dec 23, 2009, 2:59:57 AM12/23/09
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Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.RepoError'>
The following error occurred after upgrade to Fedora 12: Ran a routine
software update and it seems like it can't find a certain repository.


Error Value: Error getting repository data for installed, repository
not found
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 3125,
in <module>
main()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 3122,
in main
backend.dispatcher(sys.argv[1:])
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line
710, in dispatcher
self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line
657, in dispatch_command
self.update_packages(only_trusted, package_ids)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1948,
in update_packages
signed = self._is_package_repo_signed(pkg)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1437,
in _is_package_repo_signed
repo = self.yumbase.repos.getRepo(pkg.repoid)
File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py, line 121, in
getRepo
'Error getting repository data for $s, repository not found' $
(repoid)

Nico Kadel-Garcia

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Dec 23, 2009, 4:16:59 AM12/23/09
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On Dec 23, 2:59 am, piscesboy <oraclmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.RepoError'>
> The following error occurred after upgrade to Fedora 12: Ran a routine
> software update and it seems like it can't find a certain repository.

We're missing some information here. But first, I'd suggest you do
this:

> sudo rm -rf /var/chache/yum/*

This will manually flush all potentially inconsistent yum data.

You also haven't mentioned the existence of any non-Fedora
repositories in /etc/yum.repos.d/, which might contribute to this
issue.

piscesboy

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Dec 23, 2009, 6:25:20 AM12/23/09
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Let me clarify.

I just ran yum -update a few minutes ago as root from inside a
terminal. And, you know what, it ran perfectly.

The above problem arose when the software update program (which is a
front end to yum) performed a routine software update. There seems to
be an inconsistency between what the front end program sees and the
actual repositories that the yum program sees. I'll try what you
suggested and get back to you.

Nico Kadel-Garcia

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Dec 23, 2009, 12:57:03 PM12/23/09
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*Interesting*. There may be some fascinating console interaction,
since a cron job or other applications wouldn't have a tty associated
with their output. But I also wonder if your upstream repository, as
selected by the yum mirror configurations, was having its own issues
and causing other clients to have trouble?

Mark Baldridge

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Dec 28, 2009, 2:20:59 PM12/28/09
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I saw the same issue on a Fedora 12 update at the same lines. "yum
update" ran through the whole update process. Now the "software
update" process reports the machine is up to date.
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