DNF - Failed to open: /var/cache/dnf/

Overview

After installing “epel-release” package; when you run “yum updateinfo” its hung.

Applies To

CentOS 7

Error Message

Failed to open: /var/cache/dnf/x86_64/7/x86_64/7/epel/repodata/f0ba540170d9c6246d7a6681c9e6d0a6a33b4c9cd043ba0478d2a6b6a8d7c197-updateinfo.xml.bz2.

Cause

It’s a known issue and bug in CentOS 7. To get more information about this bug, check the url;

https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=9339

Resolution

To resolve this issue, remove “epel-release”, run the command;

yum remove epel-release

Verify DNF

After removing the package, run the command again; 

dnf clean all

dnf updateinfo list

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