I think he needs to exclude the mono repo; the adobe one seems fine from his output (thanks for including it!).

yum --disablerepo=mono list



On 07/22/2012 12:06 PM, Steven C Timm wrote:
> Either there is something in your /etc/yum.repos.d that is pointing to that site
> Or there is one of the mirrorlists that your /etc/yum.repos.d is pointing to, that is.
>
> What happens if you do
> Yum --disablerepo=adobe-linux  list
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Linder
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 10:03 AM
> To: scientific-linux-users
> Subject: Problem with "yum"
>
> We are at SL 5.7 and attempting to update Libre Office to 3.5.5.
>
> [root@engr01 /]# yum clean all
> Loaded plugins: kernel-module
> Cleaning up Everything
>
> [root@engr01 /]# yum list
> Loaded plugins: kernel-module
> adobe-linux-x86_64                                       |  951 B     00:00
> adobe-linux-x86_64/primary                               | 1.2 kB     00:00
> adobe-linux-x86_64
> 2/2
> http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download-stable/RHEL_5/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
> Trying other mirror.
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: mono.
> Please verify its path and try again
>
> "yum" apears to be be broken!!!  as I can't even list the installed.  Since we do not use Adobe anything and we abandoned Novel 10 years ago - any clue is useful.
>
> Any hints as to what changed in the last several weeks?
>
> Thank You
> Larry Linder
>