yum update on RHEL5 fails with: error was [Errno -1] Header is not complete.
Issue
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After registering a RHEL 5 system, all
yum update
commands (for any package) fail in the following way:[root ~]# yum update Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for sabayon-apply to pack into transaction set. sabayon-apply-2.12.4-9.el 100% |=========================| 601 B 00:00 Error: failed to retrieve getPackage/sabayon-apply-2.12.4-9.el5.x86_64.rpm from rhel-x86_64-server-5 error was [Errno -1] Header is not complete.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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