Bug 28646

Summary:	package manager error details
Product:	PackageKit	Reporter:	chitta <rawchitta>
Component:	backend-yum	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <richard>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description chitta 2010-06-21 04:44:55 UTC

Error Type: &lt;class &apos;yum.Errors.RepoError&apos;&gt;
Error Value: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2202, in &lt;module&gt;
    main()
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2199, in main
    backend.dispatcher(sys.argv[1:])
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 599, in dispatcher
    self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 503, in dispatch_command
    self.get_distro_upgrades()
  File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1660, in get_distro_upgrades
    pkgs = self.yumbase.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(name=&apos;preupgrade&apos;)
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py, line 592, in &lt;lambda&gt;
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py, line 435, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py, line 251, in populateSack
    sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py, line 160, in populate
    if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py, line 217, in _check_db_version
    return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py, line 1119, in _check_db_version
    repoXML = self.repoXML
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py, line 1277, in &lt;lambda&gt;
    repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
  File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py, line 1273, in _getRepoXML
    raise Errors.RepoError, msg

Comment 1 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-01-05 11:02:25 UTC

Hi there,
This bug report is very old and based on a version not supported anymore. By upgrading to a newer version of PackageKit you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of PackageKit.
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with the latest version.

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