Yum 2.2 w/ HTTP proxy fails w/ error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo:"

[Mike Fleetwood]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Kam Leo wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:35:06 +0100 (BST), Mike Fleetwood
> <mike at rockover.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Recently "yum check-update" and "yum update" has started producing the
>> error "Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: ...".  Googling suggests
>> that other occurrences have been caused by network connectivity errors
>> or miss configured yum repository locations.  I am convinced that in my
>> case it is yum 2.2's inability to successfully download files through a
>> HTTP proxy that is the problem.  To work around the problem I
>> reinstalled yum 2.1 and upgrade using "yum --exclude=yum update".
>>
>> Has anybody else had the same experience?
>> Can anybody suggest how to debug the code?  Running "yum -d 9 ..."
>> doesn't add anything useful.
>>
>> I have 2 FC3 installations which I update manually using "yum update"
>> regularly.  Both have to use a HTTP proxy (different ones) to access
>> the Internet and both have the same problem.
>>
>> HTTP proxy setting:
>>
>>    [root at bridge ~]# env | grep HTTP
>>    HTTP_PROXY=http://rockover:8080/
>>
>> Here is yum 2.1 working:
>>
>>    [root at bridge ~]# rpm -q yum
>>    yum-2.1.12-0.fc3
>>
>>    [root at bridge ~]# yum update
>>    Setting up Update Process
>>    Setting up Repo:  base
>>    repomd.xml                100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>    Setting up Repo:  updates-released
>>    repomd.xml                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
>>    Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>    base      : ################################################## 2622/2622
>>    updates-re: ################################################## 742/742
>>    Resolving Dependencies
>>    --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>>    ---> Package yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3 set to be updated
>>    --> Running transaction check
>>
>>    Dependencies Resolved
>>    Transaction Listing:
>>      Update: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3
>>    Is this ok [y/N]: y
>>    Downloading Packages:
>>    Running Transaction Test
>>    Finished Transaction Test
>>    Transaction Test Succeeded
>>    Running Transaction
>>    Updating: yum 100 % done 1/2
>>    Completing update for yum  - 2/2
>>
>>    Updated: yum.noarch 0:2.2.0-0.fc3
>>    Complete!
>>
>> And here is yum 2.2 failing:
>>
>>    [root at bridge ~]# rpm -q yum
>>    yum-2.2.0-0.fc3
>>
>>    [root at bridge ~]# yum update
>>    Setting up Update Process
>>    Setting up Repos
>>    base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB     00:00
>>    Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates-released
>>
>> Thanks for your attention,
>> Mike
>> --
>
> Check /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo for a typo or invalid url.
> You can also add an alternate/fallback repo to this file so that yum
> will not abort when the primary repo is not available.
>
> Next time please provide the contents of /etc/yum.conf and all of the
> .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/
>
>

Here's /etc/yum.conf:
   [main]
   cachedir=/var/cache/yum
   debuglevel=2
   logfile=/var/log/yum.log
   pkgpolicy=newest
   distroverpkg=redhat-release
   tolerant=1
   exactarch=1
   retries=20
   obsoletes=1
   gpgcheck=1

   # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
   # in /etc/yum.repos.d

And /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files where enabled=1.
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo:
   [base]
   name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
   #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/
   mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
   [updates-released]
   name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
   #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/
   mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
/etc/yum/repos.d/livna.org-stable.repo
   # http://rpm.livna.org/
   [livna.org-stable]
   name=Livna.org (stable) Fedora Compatible Extras
   #mirrorlist=
   baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1

Thanks,
Mike
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