Receiving "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-6" when using yum-rhn-plugin from Oracle linux repository
Issue
- Cannot download updates from Red Hat Network (RHN)
yum repolist
fails, mentioningrepomd.xml
:
Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-6. Please verify its path and try again
yum repolist
succeeds, but shows zero packages available:
repo id repo name status
rhel-x86_64-server-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 64-bit x86 0
repolist: 0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Network Classic
- yum-rhn-plugin not shipped by Red Hat
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