repair repository db after zypper dup broke it (11 b2)

Hi,

I installed opensuse 11-64 beta1, and have been really enjoying it. So
far it seems no more buggy than many a 'stable' release of the numerous
distros I've played with (including 10.3).

After beta 2 came out, I read 'somewhere' (SuSE Linux Forums, I think)
that I could upgrade with "zypper dup". The first time I attempted this
(about a week ago), it balked with a "kde3[x] lib[something] not found"
error, but night before last it completed successfully, and I was able
to reboot into the new kernel no problems.

However, now it seems a repository is broken, and consequently I can't
open any package manager from yast2. I can post the exact error message
later (after I get home), but is there an easy way to restore or repair
my repositories to a functional state (presumably from a terminal,
since the update gui won't even run), without having to go through
trouble-shooting hoops? It's really annoying when one repository goes
down and takes the whole shooting match with it...

Thanks!


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Here's the message...


Code:
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Disabling repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' because of the above error.
Error building the cache database: repo2solv.sh "/var/cache/zypp/raw/http:__download.opensuse.org_distribution_SL-OSS-factory_inst-source_" > "/var/cache/zypp/http:__download.opensuse.org_distribution_SL-OSS-factory_inst-source_.solv" Bad dependency line: packagepenSUSE-release-live
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Hmmm, I received an email informing me of a reply to my query, but I
don't see it posted here...

> To: [my email]
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> it (11 b2)'
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> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 07:16:02 -0600 (MDT)
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> Dear dsmithhfx,
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> Marco Munderloh has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to
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> dsmithhfx wrote:
> > Here's the message...
> >
> >
> > Code:
> > --------------------
> > Disabling repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' because of the above
> error.
> > Error building the cache database: repo2solv.sh
>
> "/var/cache/zypp/raw/http:__download.opensuse.org_distribution_SL-OSS-factory_inst-source_"
> >
>
> "/var/cache/zypp/http:__download.opensuse.org_distribution_SL-OSS-factory_inst-source_.solv"
> Bad dependency line: packagepenSUSE-release-live
> > --------------------
> >
> >
> rm -fr /var/cache/zypp/*
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Well I tried our elusive friend Marco's suggestions and they both ended
with the same problem "Bad dependency line:
packagepenSUSE-release-live".

No harm done, though and thanks Marco for trying to help!


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I tried to use the 11b2 repository in my 10.3 box and it works fine so
the repository should be ok.

Maybe you can just remove and re-add it?

To remove it:
zypper rr openSUSE-release-live

To re-add it (all in one line):
zypper ar
http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/
openSUSE-release-live

Change "openSUSE-release-live" to the correct repository alias.

Good luck,
Marco

Marco Munderloh;1558978 Wrote:
> I tried to use the 11b2 repository in my 10.3 box and it works fine so
> the repository should be ok.
>
> Maybe you can just remove and re-add it?
>
> To remove it:
> zypper rr openSUSE-release-live
>
> To re-add it (all in one line):
> zypper ar
> 'Index of /distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source'
> (http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/)
> openSUSE-release-live

Hi Marco, got your email, not sure what that refers to
(case-sensitivity?)... anyway I'll try the above suggestion later
today. Is it all one url that got wrapped by my email client?

This part I'm not sure how to do:

> Change "openSUSE-release-live" to the correct repository alias.

Thanks again.


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Hi David,

dsmithhfx wrote:
> Marco Munderloh;1558978 Wrote:
>> I tried to use the 11b2 repository in my 10.3 box and it works fine so
>> the repository should be ok.
>>
>> Maybe you can just remove and re-add it?
>>
>> To remove it:
>> zypper rr openSUSE-release-live
>>
>> To re-add it (all in one line):
>> zypper ar
>> 'Index of /distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source'
>> (http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/)
>> openSUSE-release-live

This is wrong. It should only be:

zypper ar
http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/
openSUSE-release-live

all in one line.

> Hi Marco, got your email, not sure what that refers to
> (case-sensitivity?)... anyway I'll try the above suggestion later
> today. Is it all one url that got wrapped by my email client?

Yes, it's all in one line ;-)

> This part I'm not sure how to do:
>> Change "openSUSE-release-live" to the correct repository alias.
"zypper -v lr" shows all repositories currently installed. One of them
should be the one with this path:
http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/
and there is a column Alias which should be something like
"openSUSE-release-live". If it's not, change it in the zypper line above
to the correct one.

Regards, Marco

I tried your suggestion and it appears to have worked:
>
> linux:/home/dave # zypper ar 'Index of
> /distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source'
> (http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/)
> openSUSE-release-live
> * Adding repository 'openSUSE-release-live'
> Repository 'openSUSE-release-live' successfully added
> Enabled: Yes
> Autorefresh: No
> URI: 'Index of /distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source'
> (http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...y/inst-source/)

I was able to open Package Management (gui) from yast2, set the
restored repository to autorefresh and perform some other package
management stuff (specifically delete sun virtualbox
1.6.0-don't-try-this-useless-piece-of-crud).

When I clicked on the autoupdate notifier applet icon in the tray
(which was showing an error state), this popped up:

yast2/software management:
>
> There was an error in the repository initialization.
> 'openSUSE-release-live': Failed to cache repo (4).
> History:
> - repo2solv.sh "/var/cache/zypp/raw/openSUSE-release-live" >
> "/var/cache/zypp/openSUSE-release-live.solv"
> Bad dependency line: openSUSE-release-live
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>
> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

Don't know if that means auto-update is still borked, but zypper is in
a hell of a lot better shape than when I started.

Thanks again for all the help! Cheers.


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dsmithhfx;1556529 Wrote:
> Hi,
> However, now it seems a repository is broken, and consequently I can't
> open any package manager from yast2.
>
> [....]
>
> There was an error in the repository initialization.
> 'openSUSE-release-live': Failed to cache repo (4).
> History:
> - repo2solv.sh "/var/cache/zypp/raw/openSUSE-release-live" >
> "/var/cache/zypp/openSUSE-release-live.solv"
> Bad dependency line: openSUSE-release-live
>

For the record, if anyone else needs to fix this, when adding the
factory repository to zypper, do not let zypper add it as type "yast2".
Instead, add it like this:

zypper ar -t rpm-md 'Index of
/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse'
(http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...t-source/suse/)
openSUSE-release-live

(note the extra /suse on the path. The repository alias can be
anything.)

andreia gaita
Mono Team


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