YUM update command resulting an error "Bad id for repo: rhel DVD, byte = 4"
Issue
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yum update fails with following error:
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On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
# yum update --noplugins
Bad id for repo: RHEL 6.2 Repository, byte = 4
- On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Bad id for repo: rhel5 DVD, byte = 4
The following is the repo file which is used for local dvd image
[rhel 5-dvd]
name=rhel-5-dvd
baseurl=file:///cdrom
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
# more /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo
[RHEL 6.2 Repository]
baseurl=file:///cdrom
enabled=1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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