No KDE yast source for 9.3 anymore?

Hi!

I'm still on 9.3 and like to update some KDE packages. Until some time ago I
used the following yast source for this:

ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib....3/yast-source

This directory doesn't exist anymore, although the corresponding GNOME yast
source does.

A couple of levels above, there is a readme that says that "they are
downloadable via the repositories from openSUSE Build Service" and a
referral to "http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/User"

This document states that I can add the installation source
"http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/"
but this directory is not recognized as a yast source.

Is this a mistake? Has someone just forgotten to add the necessary file or
files?

TIA,
Gunnar Grim

* Gunnar Grim wrote, On 10/21/2006 06:31 PM:

> This document states that I can add the installation source
> "http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/"
> but this directory is not recognized as a yast source.

Gunar,

try adding your architecture to the path, e.g.
"http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/i586"

HTH
Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> * Gunnar Grim wrote, On 10/21/2006 06:31 PM:
>
>> This document states that I can add the installation source
>>
"http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/"
>> but this directory is not recognized as a yast source.
>
> Gunar,
>
> try adding your architecture to the path, e.g.
>
"http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/i586"
>
> HTH
> Uwe
>
> --

Done that, didn't help.

Gunnar

* Gunnar Grim wrote, On 10/22/2006 03:30 PM:

> Done that, didn't help.

What's the exact error message, so I can go and ask. I was sure I still had a 9.3 around, but I haven't, so I cannot try myself.

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> * Gunnar Grim wrote, On 10/21/2006 06:31 PM:
>
>> This document states that I can add the installation source
>> "http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/"
>> but this directory is not recognized as a yast source.
>
> Gunar,
>
> try adding your architecture to the path, e.g.
> "http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/i586"
>
> HTH
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

Tried it again today (without i586) and now it seems to work. I think
perhaps that I may have accidentally copied the directory URL as stated in
the document, i e with a trailing slash. Not sure since I've also tried
with i586 at the end.

Thanks,
Gunnar

Gunnar Grim wrote:
[...]
> "http://software.opensuse.org/download/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_9.3/i586"
>> HTH
>> Uwe
>>
>> --
>
> Done that, didn't help.
>
> Gunnar
>
How about these?

http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repo...SUSE_Linux_9.3
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repo...SUSE_Linux_9.3

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:29:17 GMT
Gunnar Grim <gugrim.3@telia.com> wrote:

>I may have accidentally copied the directory URL as stated in
>the document, i e with a trailing slash.

This would not be a problem. Multiple slashes in paths in Linux are
reduced to one (or ignored, IOW). For example, in a terminal you could
do:

cd ///home//////myusername/another//////dir//////

and it would work just fine.

If you copied the URL from a webpage, you might have gotten an invalid
character copied with it and not noticed. If you think that is a
possibility, copy it to a text file and verify that no strange
characters (or extra spaces, et al.) show up . . .


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9:45am up 20 days 11:05, 9 users, load average: 1.13, 0.51, 0.40

* Gunnar Grim wrote, On 10/22/2006 06:29 PM:

> Tried it again today (without i586) and now it seems to work. I think
> perhaps that I may have accidentally copied the directory URL as stated in
> the document, i e with a trailing slash. Not sure since I've also tried
> with i586 at the end.

Glad you got it fixed! What Kevin said, the slashes shouldn't matter.

Uwe


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