CloudFlare repository throwing error on patchman -r

[RicardoJeronimo]

Hey!

I manage a series of servers that use CloudFlare's repository for some packages and I can't seem to refresh that repo, for some reason.

Here is the output of patchman -lr:

22 : CloudFlare Packages x86_64
security: False    arch: x86_64
Mirrors:
 56 : http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64
 last updated: 2019-01-29 15:40:21.337702    checksum: None

And the error stack:

Repository 22 : CloudFlare Packages x86_64
Checking http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml.xz
Checking http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml.bz2
Checking http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml.gz
Checking http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
Found yum rpm repo - http://pkg.cloudflare.com/dists/7/main/binary-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/patchman", line 593, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/patchman", line 588, in main
    showhelp = process_args(args)
  File "/usr/bin/patchman", line 561, in process_args
    refresh_repos(args.repo, args.force)
  File "/usr/bin/patchman", line 120, in refresh_repos
    repo.refresh(force)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/patchman/repos/models.py", line 88, in refresh
    refresh_rpm_repo(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/patchman/repos/utils.py", line 552, in refresh_rpm_repo
    refresh_yum_repo(mirror, data, mirror_url, ts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/patchman/repos/utils.py", line 417, in refresh_yum_repo
    primary_url, checksum, checksum_type = get_primary_url(mirror_url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/patchman/repos/utils.py", line 147, in get_primary_url
    namespaces={'ns': ns})[0]
IndexError: list index out of range

What could be the issue? Thanks!

[furlongm]

It looks like that repo is using the incorrect XML namespace:

http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repomd instead of http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo

Not sure how Cloudflare are generating these repos, but I think it may be custom code, as I can't find any other repo using the XML namespace ending in repomd.

[furlongm]

Opened an issue with Cloudflare. They have confirmed the issue and they will issue a fix in the future:

Hi Marcus,

We're now aware of the bug and have it on our roadmap to fix.

Unfortunately, I don't have a date when the change will be released, but we do plan to do it.