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