Oracle Linux: After Setting ULN Mirror on Client Additional Channels are Shown on 'yum repolist' Output (Doc ID 2686403.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 07, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

When using a ULN Mirror Server and connecting a client to server to configure local.repo on /etc/yum.repos.d/ and removing previous .repo files, the output of yum repolist still shows some more channels that are not configured in the ULN mirror server.

# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

[OL6_x86_64_latest]

name=Oracle Linux $releasever - $basearch - latest

baseurl=http://local.repo.com/yum/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/$basearch/

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

#

[OL6_x86_64_UEKR4]

name=Oracle Linux $releasever - $basearch - UEKR4

baseurl=http://local.repo.com/yum/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR4/$basearch/

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

#

[OL6_x86_64_addons]

name=Oracle Linux $releasever - $basearch - addons

baseurl=http://local.repo.com/yum/OracleLinux/OL6/addons/$basearch/

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

# rm -rf /var/cache/yum

# yum clean all

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security, ulninfo

Cleaning repos: OL6_x86_64_UEKR4 OL6_x86_64_addons OL6_x86_64_latest ol6_x86_64_UEKR3_latest ol6_x86_64_latest

Cleaning up Everything

# yum repolist

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, security, ulninfo

This system is receiving updates from ULN.

OL6_x86_64_UEKR4 | 2.8 kB 00:00

OL6_x86_64_UEKR4/primary_db | 5.0 MB 00:00

OL6_x86_64_addons | 2.8 kB 00:00

OL6_x86_64_addons/primary_db | 136 kB 00:00

OL6_x86_64_latest | 3.4 kB 00:00

OL6_x86_64_latest/primary_db | 16 MB 00:00

ol6_x86_64_UEKR3_latest | 2.5 kB 00:00

ol6_x86_64_UEKR3_latest/primary_db | 72 MB 00:34

ol6_x86_64_latest | 2.7 kB 00:00

ol6_x86_64_latest/primary_db | 24 MB 00:11

repo id repo name status

OL6_x86_64_UEKR4 Oracle Linux 6Server - x86_64 - UEKR4 115

OL6_x86_64_addons Oracle Linux 6Server - x86_64 - addons 289

OL6_x86_64_latest Oracle Linux 6Server - x86_64 - latest 9,868

ol6_x86_64_UEKR3_latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 for Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64) - Latest 1,171

ol6_x86_64_latest Oracle Linux 6 Latest (x86_64) 12,603

repolist: 24,046

Changes

 Removed system from ULN and connect it to local mirror.

Cause

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