Problems with yum after update FC4->FC5

[Paul Howarth]

Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 08:26 +0100, Joachim Backes [RHRK] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> after updating from FC4 to FC5, I have problems to update my system:
>>
>> yum update
>> Setting up Update Process
>> Setting up repositories
>> core                                                                 [1/3]
>> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
>>
>> Addtitionally, I removed all yum files/dirs in /etc and reinstalled yum, but nothing helped.
>>
>> Always getting the same error msg.
>>
>> /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
>> exclude=kernel*
>> #========================================================
>>
>>
> This is not the yum.conf I got with my FC5 install.
> You did an update, so it seems the likely cause is that yum may have
> created a .rpmnew file for your yum.conf instead of replacing it.
> Possibly the same happened with files in /etc/yum.repos.d .  You need
> the new yum.conf and the new /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files to use yum on
> the new distribution.
> 
> You may want to do a download of the yum rpm file (or use the one on
> your install CD/DVD) then do a "yum erase yum" or an "rpm -e yum".
> 
> After that completes do an rpm reinstall of yum to get all the new
> yum.conf and .repo files

The .repo files come from the fedora-release package, not the yum package.

Paul.