Yum still not working after updating FC4-FC5 : MORE

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Fri Jul 21 10:20:40 UTC 2006


rogue wrote:
> help me plz. yum hates me. fedora core 5 on amd 64bit
> 
> 
> [root at 106 temp]# rpm -Uhv http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/x86_64/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-5-5.noarch.rpm
> Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/x86_64/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-5-5.noarch.rpm
> warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.GXOhsr: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>         package fedora-release-5-5 is already installed
> [root at 106 temp]# yum update
> Repository 'main' is missing name in configuration, using id
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Update Process
> Setting up repositories
> jpackage-generic                                                     [1/7]
> jpackage-generic          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> livna                                                                [2/7]
> livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> flash                                                                [3/7]
> flash                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> main                                                                 [4/7]
> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: main
> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: main

Where has this "main" repository come from? It must be something you 
have added in /etc/yum.conf or /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo yourself as it is 
not one of the standard repositories.

The configuration for that repository is broken so you need to find it 
and fix it,

Paul.




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