Resolving "Not using downloaded repomd.xml because it is older than what we have" yum error
Sometimes when running yum check-update
on a CentOS system, yum
will complain about a particular repomd.xml
file being out of date. You might see output like this:
[root@host ~]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/x86_64/metalink
* base: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
* epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net
* extras: linux.cc.lehigh.edu
* updates: reflector.westga.edu
base
extras
updates
Not using downloaded updates/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have:
Current : Thu Jul 16 09:45:59 2020
Downloaded: Thu Jun 25 14:10:47 2020
This message can appear for any active repository on your system:
Not using downloaded base/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have
Not using downloaded epel/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have
Not using downloaded extras/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have
...etc
What's going on?
Notices about old repomd.xml
...