Bug 205274 - parser errors reported by yum cron job
Summary: parser errors reported by yum cron job
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yum
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-09-05 18:21 UTC by Art Werschulz
Modified: 2014-01-21 22:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-09-18 21:04:21 UTC
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Description Art Werschulz 2006-09-05 18:21:44 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #191440 +++

// However, it was only reported as being a problem in FC4.
// It's also a problem in FC5.

Description of problem:
I frequently get output (mail) from the yum cron job with complaints
similar to these (just a sample):

//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:26: parser error : Opening and ending tag misma\
tch: img line 26 and td 
es/standard/images/pm-topright.gif' width='10' alt='' height='8' border='0'></t\
d 
                                                                               \
^ 
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:27: parser error : Opening and ending tag misma\
tch: td line 26 and tr 
  </tr> 
       ^ 
//var/cache/yum/base/repomd.xml:29: parser error : Opening and ending tag misma\
tch: img line 29 and td 
/themes/standard/images/spacer.gif' alt='' width='6' height='60' border='0'></t\
d 

I suppose this is not a bug in yum itself, but rather in the data it reads. 
Never the less, I hope there's something to be done about it.  This happens
with high frequency and affects (I gather) many machines.
      
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
yum.noarch                               2.4.1-1.fc4            installed 

How reproducible:
Turn on automatic update and wait.

Steps to Reproduce:
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2.
3.
  
Actual results:
seem examples above

Expected results:
no complaints similar to those above

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2006-09-06 04:52:06 UTC
This looks like you're getting a mirror which isn't returning valid repodata --
what mirror are you pointed at?

Comment 2 Art Werschulz 2006-09-06 13:16:01 UTC
I'm using the following (which are found in the configuration
given at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware).

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Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2006-09-18 21:04:21 UTC
This usually means that you are pointing at a mirror with an out of
date/non-existent mirror.  We've improved the mirror infrastructure somewhat to
avoid this with official fedora mirrors


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