Your update command was wrong. Fix 63 to 6.3. Therefore, it should be: > yum --releasever=6.3 update #there is a dot(.) between the 6 and 3.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Jon Brinkmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:44:24AM -0500, Chris wrote: > > I had to do an upgrade, not an update to get the new version. > > > > yum --releasever=6x upgrade > > I too had problems using "update". I got: > > # yum --releasever=63 update > Loaded plugins: security > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404" > Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404" > Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host ' > ftp2.scientificlinux.org'" > Trying other mirror. > > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 9 - "Server denied you to change to the given > directory" > Trying other mirror. > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: > sl. Please verify its path and try again > > I reverted to the old method: > > # rpm -Uvh > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/os/Packages/yum-conf-sl6x-1-2.noarch.rpm > Retrieving > ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/os/Packages/yum-conf-sl6x-1-2.noarch.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > 1:yum-conf-sl6x ########################################### > [100%] > # yum update yum > ... > # yum update > ... > > Jon >
