'Error while parsing metalink' using dnf package manager

[Hiiirad]

Operating system

Linux

System version

Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition) x86_64

Installation type

Original sing-box Command Line

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Version

sing-box version 1.8.13

Environment: go1.22.2 linux/amd64
Tags: with_gvisor,with_quic,with_dhcp,with_wireguard,with_ech,with_utls,with_reality_server,with_acme,with_clash_api
Revision: a07c4add78da08e5731257256706a2422e0fd661
CGO: disabled

Description

After running the update command sudo dnf update --refresh, I noticed an error message in the log file /var/log/dnf.librepo.log. The error message indicates "Error while parsing metalink".

Reproduction

Install the sing-box application using the instruction below as the document instructed:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://sing-box.app/sing-box.repo
sudo dnf install sing-box

Then, execute the sudo dnf update --refresh command to see the warning in the logs file located at: /var/log/dnf.librepo.log

Logs

2024-05-14T23:30:40+0330 INFO Downloading: https://sing-box.app/sing-box.repo
2024-05-14T23:30:40+0330 WARNING Error while parsing metalink
2024-05-14T23:30:40+0330 WARNING LRO_METALINKURL processing failed: Parse error at line: 1 (Document is empty
)
2024-05-14T23:30:40+0330 INFO Downloading: https://sing-box.app/sing-box.repo
2024-05-14T23:30:41+0330 WARNING Error while parsing metalink
2024-05-14T23:30:41+0330 WARNING LRO_METALINKURL processing failed: Parse error at line: 1 (Document is empty
)
2024-05-14T23:30:41+0330 INFO Downloading: https://rpm.sagernet.org/repodata/repomd.xml
2024-05-14T23:30:42+0330 INFO Downloading: https://rpm.sagernet.org/repodata/repomd.xml.asc
2024-05-14T23:30:43+0330 INFO Downloading: https://rpm.sagernet.org/repodata/primary.xml
2024-05-14T23:30:43+0330 INFO Downloading: https://rpm.sagernet.org/repodata/filelists.xml

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[Fei1Yang]

Hello. during my tests, both dnf and dnf5 on Fedora Workstation 40 can use the current repo config correctly.

Please try the following steps to see if they can fix your problem:

• Check if you have the old broken repo config which has a metalink= line, remove it and try again.
• Fedora 39 which is the oldstable release, as it could be a dnf bug, try upgrade to the current stable release.