On 10/07/2015 12:56 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 10/07/2015 11:14 AM, Shane wrote:
Hi,

   I'm using Fedora18 x86_64.  (Yes, it's old.)  Within the last few days I found that I cannot 
install or list anything from the fedora-18 repo via yum. I get the typical errors everybody 
complains about "no repomd" and "metalink.xml does not exist".  Common 
workarounds from google searches haven't worked.

   I opened the link spit out by yum 
"http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-18&arch=x86_64"; in a 
browser.  It downloaded a metalink file (no .xml suffix).  The 3rd (or so) line of the file 
has the following dubious message.

# repo = fedora-18 arch = x86_64 error: invalid repo or arch

   Following this line is a HUGE listing of available repos and architectures.  
There is nothing shown for fedora-18 arch i386 or x86_64.  In fact, even 
fedora-source-18 repo is missing.  I don't think this is a yum problem on my 
system.

   Is there something else I can try (yum-wise)?  If I need to report it then 
where?  I'm quite certain that this is the wrong list.

Nothing.  F18 was EOL a long time ago.  Updates via yum aren't available.
Well, in my first paragraph, I did specifically state that I cannot list or install packages. I'm not concerned about updates - I already know that F18 is EOL and that updates aren't available.

Anyway, it seems somebody heard complaints or just figured out the problem. F18 repo is working for x86_64 arch again.
If you need something from the last time things were updated you need to find 
them and download them manually from 
http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/updates/18/x86_64/  
and you'll need to resolve the dependencies yourself.

Just because a repo is EOL doesn't mean that yum won't work. Repos continue to support installation of packages with dependency resolution.

  Thanks.

  Shane

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