Template repo onion mirrors are out of sync for over a week

[Solomon1732]

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Qubes OS release

R4.1

Brief summary

Whenever I try to install Fedora 39, Fedora 39-xfce, or Fedora 39 minimal, then I get the following error: Error canonicalizing file: failed to fill whole buffer.

I am opening the bug report after being advised in the Qubes Forum.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the terminal in dom0.
2. Type sudoedit /etc/qubes/repo-templates/qubes-templates.repo.
3. Switch to the onion mirrors and comment out the clearnet ones.
4. Write qvm-template install fedora-39 or fedora-39-xfce or fedora-39-minimal
5. It tries to download the template, fails with Error canonicalizing file: failed to fill whole buffer, retries a few times with the same error, and ultimately fails to download.

Expected behavior

Download the desired Fedora templates.

Actual behavior

It fails to download them. I updated all templates and dom0 before trying to install it. It also failed when I tried to install it before at some point in the last few weeks.

Further details

I am writing this after I successfully moved my Whonix 16 templates to Whonix 17. I used qvm-template install for both the Fedora and the Whonix templates. I have plenty of space on my harddrive.

It fails after it retries to download it a few times. Each time it fails with this error.

As advised in the Qubes Forum link hereinabove, I tried to comment metalink and uncomment baseurl in /etc/qubes/repo-templates/qubes-templates.repo. It also fails when I use the onion mirrors. Note: I downloaded Whonix 17 templates through the onion mirrors. I don't know why Fedora 39 fails through these same mirror links.

Edit: It turns out only the onion mirrors for Qubes templates are out of sync. It's odd since for Whonix 17 templates it was fine. Not for Fedora 39 ones. For those it's been out of sync for over a week. Thus, I changed the issue title. I also updated the steps to reproduce hereinabove.

[unman]

I do not think that the onion repository is any more syncing templates for 4.1

[andrewdavidwong]

I do not think that the onion repository is any more syncing templates for 4.1

But 4.1 is still supported.

[unman]

Indeed. I believe that repos are still updated for 4.1.

[andrewdavidwong]

Sorry, I'm confused. Earlier, you said:

I do not think that the onion repository is any more syncing templates for 4.1

Now, you're saying:

I believe that repos are still updated for 4.1.

I don't deny that these two statements can be consistent, but it is not immediately obvious to me which explanation for their consistency is the correct one.