----- Original message from Troy Dawson on Fri Mar 24 16:11:02 2006 -----
> 
> FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I got the following message from yum.conf, which I don't understand,
> > since  the update of yum
> > 
> >  yum                     noarch     2.4.2-4.SL       sl-errata         382 k
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  --------------------
> >  YUM - errata
> >  --------------------
> > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: sl-contrib
> > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from sl-contrib: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
> > Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from sl-contrib: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
> > 
> > <snip>
> 
> I'm looking at this, but I'm not seeing an error.
> Can you send the output of
>    cat /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-contrib.repo
>    cat /tmp/yum.conf.errata
>    rpm -q yum-conf
>    rpm -V yum-conf
> 

       Here you are:

#### localhost.localdomain:/home/bob > cat /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-contrib.repo
[main]
[sl-contrib]
name=SL 4 base
baseurl=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/41/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
        http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/scientificlinux/41/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
enabled=1

#### localhost.localdomain:/home/bob > cat /tmp/yum.conf.errata            
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
logfile=/var/log/yum.log                                                                   
pluginpath=/usr/lib/yum-plugins/
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
plugins=1
exclude=kernel* openafs* GFS* cman* dlm* gnbd*

#### localhost.localdomain:/home/bob > rpm -q yum-conf          
yum-conf-41-9.SL

#### localhost.localdomain:/home/bob > rpm -V yum-conf
....L.G.  c /etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo
S.5....T  c /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-contrib.repo
S.5....T  c /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-errata.repo
S.5....T  c /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-rhaps.repo
S.5....T  c /etc/yum.repos.d/sl.repo

       thoses diffs are OK as I add an other mirror.

       In fact I found that it worked yesterday at 5:42 and failled again
       at 18:25 and I now think it could be related with a loss of internet 
       connectivity, as my logs showed problems with my ISP (many disconnectons)
       for more than 2 weeks.



Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:42:22 +0100
From: root <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: YUM:localhost.localdomain:2006-03-24

 --------------------
 YUM - errata
 --------------------
warning: /etc/mail/submit.cf created as /etc/mail/submit.cf.rpmnew

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 sendmail                i386       8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3  sl-errata         571 k
 sendmail-cf             i386       8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3  sl-errata         302 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       2 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 873 k

Updated: sendmail.i386 0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3 sendmail-cf.i386 0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:25:29 +0100
From: root <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: YUM:localhost.localdomain:2006-03-24

 --------------------
 YUM - errata
 --------------------
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: sl-contrib
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from sl-contrib: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from sl-contrib: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.


       Thanks for your help.

-- 

                 Best regards,
                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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