missing repo, no repomd, no metalink.xml

[Shane]

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