[Yum] Any help will be appreciated. Getting error while using yum.

[Matt Hyclak]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:45:48AM -0700, Patil, Kiran enlightened us:

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> It gives following messages and errors :
> 
> Setting up Install Process
> 
> Setting up repos
> 
> http://pocsys.jf.intel.com/yum-repository/install/repodata/repomd.xml :
> {Errorno 4} IO Error 404 : Not Found
> 
> Trying other mirro.
> 
> Cannnot open /read repomd.xml file for repostories: base
> 
> Failure: repodata/repomd.xml from base: {Errno 256] No more mirrors to
> try.
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> I checked /var/www/html/yum-repository/install directory. There is no
> 'repodata' directory available. My question is who needs to create that
> directory 'repodata' and that file repomd.xml. Do I need to create it or
> yum should automatically create it for me. If I need it create it, is
> there any tool/example available about how to do this.
> 

It looks like you are using the deprecated yum-arch command to create your
repositories. You need to be using the createrepo command instead.

Matt

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