Why does the command 'yum' fail with error '[Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 52 - "Empty reply from server"'
Issue
- After updating a Red Hat Eenterprise Linux server using
yum update, the yum process is failing with a 'PYCURL ERROR 52 - "Empty reply from server"' error.
[root@ ~]# yum update -y
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package autofs.x86_64 1:5.0.5-54.el6 will be updated
.
.
Transaction Summary
========================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 35 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)
Total size: 83 M
Total download size: 627 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): device-mapper-event-1.02.74-10.el6_3.2.x86_64.rpm | 88 kB 00:00
(2/4): device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.74-10.el6_3.2.x86_64.rpm | 83 kB 00:00
Error Downloading Packages:
1:gdm-plugin-fingerprint-2.30.4-33.el6_3.2.x86_64: failed to retrieve getPackage/gdm-plugin-fingerprint-2.30.4-33.el6_3.2.x86_64.rpm from rhel-x86_64-server-6
error was [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 52 - "Empty reply from server"
openssh-clients-5.3p1-81.el6_3.x86_64: failed to retrieve getPackage/openssh-clients-5.3p1-81.el6_3.x86_64.rpm from rhel-x86_64-server-6
error was [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 52 - "Empty reply from server"
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
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