"Error: requested datatype primary not available" when running yum command.
Issue
- Yum commands gives the error:
# yum search jdk
rhel-5-server-cf-tools-1-rpms | 15 B 00:00
Error: requested datatype primary not available
- /var/log/up2date.log shows:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/rhn_check", line 327, in __run_action
(status, message, data) = CheckCli.__do_call(method, params, kwargs)
File "/usr/sbin/rhn_check", line 319, in __do_call
method = getMethod.getMethod(method, "/usr/share/rhn/", "actions")
:
:
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.py", line 131, in getData
raise RepoMDError, "requested datatype %s not available" % type
yum.Errors.RepoMDError: requested datatype primary not available
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
- RHN Classic
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