"yum update" problem in FC4

[Joachim Backes]

Joachim Backes [RHRK] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> suddenly, no more "yum update" is possible:
> 
> yum update
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: 
> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (2, 'No such file or directory')>
> Trying other mirror.
> Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: Extras
> failure: repodata/repomd.xml from Extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to 
> try.
> Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from Extras: [Errno 256] No more 
> mirrors to try.
> 
> /etc/yum.conf:
> --------------------------- snip -----------------------
> [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
> exclude=kernel* tetex*
> 
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
> 
> [Extras]
> name=Fedora Extras
> baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/ 
> 
> --------------------------- snip -----------------------
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Regards Joachim Backes
> 

Hi, found out the reason: in /etc/nsswitch.conf, I replaced the line

	hosts:      files nisplus dns

by

	hosts:      files dns

Now, "yum update" runs again.

Don't know, how the nisplus entry came into the hosts line.

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