The spacewalk-repo-sync command fails with error 'yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository' after adding http proxy entries to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf
Issue
- The spacewalk-repo-sync command fails with following error after adding http proxy entries to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf
[root@]# spacewalk-repo-sync --channel epel-5-x86_64 --type yum
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync", line 72, in ?
sys.exit(abs(main() or 0))
File "/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync", line 66, in main
sync.main()
File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/reposync.py", line 103, in main
self.import_packages(plugin, url)
File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/reposync.py", line 135, in import_packages
packages = plug.list_packages()
File "/usr/share/rhn/satellite_tools/repo_plugins/yum_src.py", line 75, in list_packages
sack.populate(repo, 'metadata', None, 0)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 168, in populate
if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 226, in _check_db_version
return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1226, in _check_db_version
repoXML = self.repoXML
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1399, in <lambda>
repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1395, in _getRepoXML
raise Errors.RepoError, msg
yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel-5-x86_64. Please verify its path and try again
- Another example of the problem:
# spacewalk-repo-sync --channel puppetlabs-products --url=http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6.4/products/x86_64/
Repo URL: http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6.4/products/x86_64/
ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: puppetlabs-products. Please verify its path and try again
Sync completed.
Total time: 0:00:00
Environment
- Red Hat Network(RHN) Satellite 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
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