[Yum] yum not working

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 14:21 -0800, Jimmy Hayes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed fedora 3 and for some reason my yum updates is not
> working.
> 
> When I rum yum updates I get the following error,
> 
> [root at test1 etc]# yum update
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up Repo:  http-apt.sw.be-dries-fedora-fc3-i386-dries-
> Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository:
> http-apt.sw.be-dries-fedora-fc3-i386-dries-
> failure: repodata/repomd.xml from
> http-apt.sw.be-dries-fedora-fc3-i386-dries-: [Errno 256] No more mirrors
> to try.
> 

okay.

> THIS IS WHAT MY YUM.CONF LOOKE LIKE, ANY IDEAS?
first idea: don't type in all caps. :)

> 

> # Dries repository
> [http-apt.sw.be-dries-fedora-fc3-i386-dries-]
> name=http-apt.sw.be-dries-fedora-fc3-i386-dries-
> baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/fc3/i386/dries/
> 

second idea: the above baseurl is wrong. It should be:
http://apt.sw.be/dries/fedora/fc3/i386/dries/RPMS/


any time a url gives you a failure getting the repomd.xml file - go to
the url you typed in. Do it in a web browser.

if there isn't a 'repodata' directory there then it's not a correct
baseurl.

-sv