Why does yum update fail with "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)" error on custom yum repo?

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Issue

  • Cannot update packages from RHN due to "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)" error.
    error getting update info: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: addons. Please verify its path and try again
    error getting update info: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: addons. Please verify its path and try again

Or:

Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: XXXXXX. Please verify its path and try again

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Network (RHN)

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