On Wednesday 11 April 2007 3:23:17 pm Jeroen Lankheet wrote: > David Garcia Aristegui wrote: > > Hello, i have to update a Fedora Core 3 > > [root@goldman sources.list.d]# more /etc/fedora-release > > Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) > > > > apt-get don't works > > [root@goldman sources.list.d]# apt-get update > > Fetching list of repositories/mirrors... > > E: Failed to fetch mirror list file: > > > > [root@goldman sources.list.d]# more fedora.list > > # Please choose the nearest mirror > > http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraMirrorList > > rpm http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora fedora/1/i386 os updates > > # Add any local / 3rd party repositories here.. > > > > Where could i find the proper values for the repository? Thank you in > > advanced. > > David, > > The FC3 was in the legacy project, which has been shut down a few months > ago. Some people are still mirroring the 'old' releases. > Below is an excerpt of the last mail about this topic from the legacy > list. Hope any of this suits your needs. Finding repos that still host the FC3 legacy updates is one thing, but bear in mind you won't be getting any new updates. If new security flaws are found in FC3 packages you won't get an update. So by all means use those repos for a one off update, but don't expect any future fixes. Its often stated, but still true, than FC is a distro that if you use you have to accept you need to upgrade often. A given FC release has a rather short life span to that for say Enterprise Linux (The Redhat product). The best way to use FC is to update to each release as it comes out. Skipping one is possible but make the upgrade more painful. More than that and things get complex. FC moves one fast. If you need a longer lifespan distro consider using either EL, or if you want something for free (and who doesn't) try one of the EL derived distros (Centos or Scientific Linux for instance). Chris
