Error: 404 when downloading https://packages.vmware.com/photon/5.0/photon_5.0_x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
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Description
Describe the bug
not able to update tdnf packages
Reproduction steps
- tdnf update
Refreshing metadata for: 'VMware Photon Linux 5.0 (x86_64)'
photon 14 100%
Error: 404 when downloading https://packages.vmware.com/photon/5.0/photon_5.0_x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml
. Please check repo url or refresh metadata with 'tdnf makecache'.
Error(1622) : Invalid argument
Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'VMware Photon Linux 5.0 (x86_64)'
Disabling Repo: 'VMware Photon Linux 5.0 (x86_64)'
Expected behavior
No Error expected.
Additional context
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing tdnf update on VMware Photon Linux 5.0 and inspect the configured repository URL for the VMware Photon Linux 5.0 (x86_64) repository. Check why the referenced repodata/repomd.xml returns 404. Done means metadata refresh and package updates complete without disabling the repository.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100