RHEL repository problems

[Cafuego]

The yum repository setup as described on http://ourdelta.org/centos does not work.

I'm setting up on an x86_64 RHEL5 server machine:

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer
Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)
Release: 5.3
Codename: Tikanga

Trying to install, it seems that $release version is '5Server' on this machine, whilst the repo expects it to be '5'.

$sudo yum install Mysql-OurDelta-server
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
http://mirror.ourdelta.org/yum/CentOS/5Server/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://northernmost.uk.mirror.ourdelta.org/yum/CentOS/5Server/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://nerdvana.us.mirror.ourdelta.org/yum/CentOS/5Server/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://cc.us.mirror.ourdelta.org/yum/CentOS/5Server/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: ourdelta. Please verify its path and try again

I can use a local mirrorlist and change '\$releaseversion' to '5', but then it defaults to installing i386 packages, not x86_64 ones.

[evil_steve (steve-nerdvana)]

That would be correct.

This boils down to the way RHEL does their channel subscription resolution in yum, and the best way to solve it is to break the RHEL and Centos configs apart to reference different paths in the repo file (the paths can essentially be a symbolic link on the mirrors).

[evil_steve (steve-nerdvana)]

Further information provided by OP showed this server was managed from a central RH Satellite server. To resolve this, the channel would need to be added to Satellite and the server subscribed to to that channel. The satellite server would then resolve $releasever correctly and it should work from there.

I hope to have a spacewalk server setup to confirm this behaviour.