'yum check-update' does not work and cannot get filelist.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • 'yum check-update' does not work correctly as follows and can not get filelist.
[root@server log]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: changelog, product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
This system is receiving updates from Red Hat Subscription Management.
rhel-6-server-cf-tools-1-rpms                                                          | 2.8 kB     00:00
rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms                                                          | 3.1 kB     00:00
rhel-6-server-rpms                                                                     | 3.7 kB     00:00
[root@server log]#
  • However, it works correctly when definition in /etc/yum/vars/releasever is changed from '6.4' to '6.5'.
  • BTW, it seems that we found CentOS-related (?) configuration under /etc/yum.repos.d. May this configuration affect the behavior?
$ ls -l etc/yum.repos.d/
total 52
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 servers   939 2013-12-12 17:43 CentOS-Base.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 servers   125 2013-12-12 17:43 packagekit-media.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 servers 33398 2013-12-12 17:43 redhat.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 servers   529 2013-12-12 17:43 rhel-source.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 servers   162 2013-12-12 17:43 rpmforge.repo

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch

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