respomd.xml for yum/dnf irods packages seems corrupted or not well-formed

Mikael Loaec

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Jun 25, 2026, 11:04:50 AM (yesterday) Jun 25

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Hello,

Since this afternoon (Paris Time ) I've got this error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'renci-irods': repomd.xml

When I try to get the file: https://packages.irods.org/yum/pool/el8/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml

I get a binary file, and i a web browser this error:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: https://packages.irods.org/yum/pool/el8/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
Line Number 2, Column 1:

I also see that the respomd.xml was modified today at 09:25

repomd.xml 2026-06-25 09:29 2.9K

Is there an issue with the repo ?

Thanks in advance for your responses,

Regards,

Mikael

Terrell Russell

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Jun 25, 2026, 11:07:04 AM (yesterday) Jun 25

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Hi Mikael,

Welcome.

Yes, we had an unfinished rsync that left the repository in an unhappy state for an hour or so.

It should be working as expected now.

Terrell

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Mikael Loaec

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Jun 25, 2026, 11:18:38 AM (yesterday) Jun 25

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Hi Terrell,

Thank you for your quick response, but still not luck on my side.

On the page https://packages.irods.org/yum/pool/el8/x86_64/repodata/

The repomd.xml timestamp is still the same 2026-06-25 09:29

Regards,

Mikael

Terrell Russell

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Jun 25, 2026, 7:39:27 PM (19 hours ago) Jun 25

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I have manually rsync'd again... please let me know if it is still unhappy.

Terrell

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Mikael Loaec

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2:57 AM (12 hours ago) 2:57 AM

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Now it is working.

Many Thanks !

Happy Friday,

Regards,

Mikael

Mikael Loaec

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9:48 AM (5 hours ago) 9:48 AM

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Hello Terrel,

The repomd.xml works again (not corrupted).

But alas it seems there is still an issue.

In respomd the referenced files with files (list xxx-filelists.xml) contain the reference to packages versions 4.3.0, 4.3.1,4.3.2, 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 but 4.3.5 is missing.

Below an example for the package irods-icommands:

In repomd.xml we have:

When checking the content of 364ec22a1d70a82fe7aeb49590a00e3d6a8888c0aad516d416af98782c036160-primary.xml.gz for irods-server package we've got:

zgrep "irods-icommands\".*ver=" 364ec22a1d70a82fe7aeb49590a00e3d6a8888c0aad516d416af98782c036160-primary.xml.gz

<rpm:entry name="irods-icommands" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.3.0" rel="1"/>
<rpm:entry name="irods-icommands" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.3.1" rel="0.el8"/>
<rpm:entry name="irods-icommands" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.3.2" rel="0.el8"/>
<rpm:entry name="irods-icommands" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.3.3" rel="0.el8"/>
<rpm:entry name="irods-icommands" flags="EQ" epoch="0" ver="4.3.4" rel="0.el8"/>

On the OS side (AlmaLinux):

dnf install irods-icommands-4.3.4
Last metadata expiration check: 1:19:58 ago on Fri Jun 26 12:26:32 2026.
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
irods-icommands x86_64 4.3.4-0.el8 renci-irods 1.6 M

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package

Total download size: 1.6 M
Installed size: 4.4 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
irods-icommands-4.3.4-0.el8.x86_64.rpm 717 kB/s | 1.6 MB 00:02
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 716 kB/s | 1.6 MB 00:02
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : irods-icommands-4.3.4-0.el8.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: irods-icommands-4.3.4-0.el8.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : irods-icommands-4.3.4-0.el8.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
irods-icommands-4.3.4-0.el8.x86_64

Complete!

dnf install irods-icommands-4.3.5
Last metadata expiration check: 1:20:19 ago on Fri Jun 26 12:26:32 2026.
No match for argument: irods-icommands-4.3.5
Error: Unable to find a match: irods-icommands-4.3.5

Terrell Russell

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Ah, I see it. We have all started traveling to UGM. We will address it ASAP.

Terrell

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