Fedora for WSL can no longer download for DNF

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Apologies if this is either tangential or already covered…

I’ve been using the Fedora “remix” for the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and have been pretty happy with it. I was using RHEL for work, so Fedora was a least-relearning choice.

Unfortunately that was based on Fedora 35, and dnf now tells me

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:wslutilities:wslu':
  - Status code: 404 for https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/wslutilities/wslu/fedora-35-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 18.161.34.15)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:wslutilities:wslu': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

As I Understand It, this remix is not an official Fedora effort, and I probably should be finding and pestering the folks who created it (which I think is whitewaterfoundry). But I wanted to toss a query out here, in case someone else is running the WSL-wrapped Fedora and has already solved the problem… and because other folks may look here for answers.

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Possible answer: the instructions at How to Upgrade to Fedora 37 In Place on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - DEV Community (after backing up, of course!). They haven’t blown up in my face yet…

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You can deactivate the repository it and when you upgraded to a version who is not EOL (End of Live) you can include it again:

wslutilities/wslu Copr