infinite libzypp update loop (10.1)

Hi,

Yast Online Update shows I need a libzypp update. After applying the
update, YOU keeps telling me I still need that update.


When I try 'rug update', it says:
ERROR: Dependency resolution failed:
Resolvable id 148145 does not exist.


y2log lists several items like:
[store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):571 Error removing resolvable
[S0:0][atom]libzypp-1.2.0-1.27.i586
[target] TargetImpl.cc(commit):243 TargetImpl::commit(<list>CommitPolicy( ))
[zypp] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):295 unlink
/var/lib/zypp/db/atoms/70ce8e8b7abc8feca1803cda6c9dd3d8 FAILED: errno 2
[store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):565 Error removing resolvable
[S0:0][atom]autoyast2-utils-2.13.69-0.3.noarch
[base] Exception.cc(log):94 XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):566 THROW:
XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):566: Error deleting
/var/lib/zypp/db/atoms/70ce8e8b7abc8feca1803cda6c9dd3d8
[store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):571 Error removing resolvable
[S0:0][atom]autoyast2-utils-2.13.69-0.3.noarch


kurt.

kurt.degrave@student.kuleuven.be wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Yast Online Update shows I need a libzypp update. After applying the
> update, YOU keeps telling me I still need that update.
>
>
> When I try 'rug update', it says:
> ERROR: Dependency resolution failed:
> Resolvable id 148145 does not exist.
>
>
> y2log lists several items like:
> [store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):571 Error removing resolvable
> [S0:0][atom]libzypp-1.2.0-1.27.i586
> [target] TargetImpl.cc(commit):243 TargetImpl::commit(<list>CommitPolicy(
> [)) zypp] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):295 unlink
> /var/lib/zypp/db/atoms/70ce8e8b7abc8feca1803cda6c9dd3d8 FAILED: errno 2
> [store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):565 Error removing resolvable
> [S0:0][atom]autoyast2-utils-2.13.69-0.3.noarch
> [base] Exception.cc(log):94 XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):566 THROW:
> XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):566: Error deleting
> /var/lib/zypp/db/atoms/70ce8e8b7abc8feca1803cda6c9dd3d8
> [store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):571 Error removing resolvable
> [S0:0][atom]autoyast2-utils-2.13.69-0.3.noarch
>
>
> kurt.
Have you rebooted your machine since the online update? That might work.

John Kilgour wrote:
> Have you rebooted your machine since the online update?

Yes.

> That might work.

Nope, it makes no difference.


kurt.

kurt,

as root, try an
rpm --rebuilddb

and try a YOU again.

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
> as root, try an
> rpm --rebuilddb

Unfortunately, this also doesn't help. I tried to reboot after the db
rebuilt, but that didn't help either.

In (text mode) YOU, the libzypp is marked as "a>" instead of just ">".

y2log still shows lots of errors like
[zypp] PathInfo.cc(_Log_Result):295 unlink
/var/lib/zypp/db/atoms/a90ee4572805d93f336615c01f8bc4c9 FAILED: errno 2
[store] XMLFilesBackend.cc(deleteObject):565 Error removing resolvable
[S0:0][atom]zmd-devel-7.1.1.0-39.50.i586


The directory /var/lib/zypp/db/atoms doesn't even exist. I tried
creating it, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.


rpm -qi libzypp says:

Version : 1.2.0
Release : 1.27
Build Date: Tue Jul 18 00:26:38 2006


kurt.

kurt.degrave@student.kuleuven.be wrote:

> rpm -qi libzypp says:
>
> Version : 1.2.0
> Release : 1.27
> Build Date: Tue Jul 18 00:26:38 2006

That's what I have. Does the update show up in the Zen updater?

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
>> rpm -qi libzypp says:
>>
>> Version : 1.2.0
>> Release : 1.27
>> Build Date: Tue Jul 18 00:26:38 2006
>
> That's what I have. Does the update show up in the Zen updater?

Yes. Zen-updater shows two entries (libzypp 1839-0 and rug
7.1.1.0-18.24), while YOU only shows one.

Alleluia, clicking 'update' in zen-updater worked!
I had tried that before, but it had failed (unfortunately I don't
remember the exact error message, it was probably something like 'could
not resolve atom XYZ').

After instaling the patches, rpm -qi libzypp still lists the same
version and build date.


thanks,
kurt.

kurt.degrave@student.kuleuven.be wrote:

> Alleluia, clicking 'update' in zen-updater worked!

Woohoo! :-)

> I had tried that before, but it had failed (unfortunately I don't
> remember the exact error message, it was probably something like 'could
> not resolve atom XYZ').

Yes, the zen-updater requires a restart after the libzypp update through Yast. I saw the same behavior here.

> After instaling the patches, rpm -qi libzypp still lists the same
> version and build date.

That sounds weird indeed, but as I said, it is the same version I have and I was up-to-date.
Glad it is working for you now!

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
> kurt.degrave@student.kuleuven.be wrote:
>> I had tried that before, but it had failed (unfortunately I don't
>> remember the exact error message, it was probably something like 'could
>> not resolve atom XYZ').
>
> Yes, the zen-updater requires a restart after the libzypp update
> through Yast. I saw the same behavior here.
>

I had a similar problem at home last night. I tried about all possible
permutations of YOU, rug update, rug refresh, changing the update
mirror, reboot, etc. Zen-updater showed no available updates at all.
The number of available updates shown in you oscilated wildly, sometimes
only libzypp, sometimes a dozen. It couldn't install any though.
Eventually three sequential runs of YOU solved the problem. Huh???

Not fun. I hope 10.2 will have a decent update subsystem again.

kurt.degrave@student.kuleuven.be wrote:

> Not fun. I hope 10.2 will have a decent update subsystem again.

Well, mine works quite fine now. But you are absolutely right.

Uwe

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