Yum update fails with Error: failed to retrieve repodata/*-primary.xml.gz from rhel-x86_64-server-5

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Issue

  • Running yum update fails:
# yum update
Error: failed to retrieve repodata/b3ccd2d46c872bb55acd728f368fe07e365b695e-primary.xml.gz from rhel-x86_64-server-5
error was [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Satellite 5
  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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