Description of problem: yum in Rawhide displays empty error messages, such as: <URL>: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "" (Also magic code 7 has been seen -- it seems to indicate a proxy error). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-pycurl-7.19.0-4.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Always (when there is an error to display). Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum clean all 2. export http_proxy=http://nosuchserver.example.com:3128/ 3. yum update Actual results: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/12/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 5 - "" Expected results: Some sort of explanation, eg. "Proxy error", for errno 14 & pycurl code 5. Additional info:
Sorry, yum version is missing there. It is: yum-3.2.26-2.fc13.noarch
I'll reassign this to ulgrabber - but right now pycurl offers no way to translate those error numbers to error codes. so it needs to get fixed there.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 13 development cycle. Changing version to '13'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
I got the same problem on RHEL6 and solved it. Check DNS configuration. I had no entry in /etc/resolv.conf.