During the Online Update in Opesuse 11.3 some repositories links seem to be not active

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I do not know if some links are broken or not, but everytime I tried to update my system online I got the following error messages:

  1. File /repodata/repomd.xml.asc not found in medium
    Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss

  2. File /repodata/repomd.xml.key not found in medium
    Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss

  3. File /repodata/repomd.xml not found in medium
    Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss

Is the address of this repository changed?

Do I have to change anything in my system?

Thank you in advance

2

Using exactly those repos as well, no issues at all. I’d try again later.

3

Sorry if I am insisting on this, bit I tried again and again.

It cannot be the internet connection because in the same time other repositories can be updated without no problem. It is like the files are not being found in the place where they shold be.

It is possible that their links have been changed ?

Are they available from elsewhere ?

Thanks

4

Hello…

The repo URL is -> ‘http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/’ (without the quotation marks)

Ralph

5

You could also try port 80

“http://download.opensuse.org:80/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/]Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss”

6

Sorry, should be, for port 80,

“http://download.opensuse.org:80/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/”

7

On 2010-10-06 14:06, FabrizioS wrote:
>
> I do not know if some links are broken or not, but everytime I tried to
> update my system online I got the following error messages:
>
> 1) File /repodata/repomd.xml.asc not found in medium
> ‘Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss)

Just browse with a browser. I don’t see that file there. I don’t remember if that is one of the
files that not seen with a browser, only the updater.

The server is a server redirector, it sends you to a mirror near to you. You can choose a mirror
manually.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

8

This is what I got yesterday night. This time I used the linecommand tool:

linux-hchb:/home/golem # zypper -vv ref

Verbosity: 2
Initialising Target
Specified repositories: 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml [done (0 B/s)]
Repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82' is up to date.
Skipping disabled repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Debug'
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml.asc [error]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml.key [error]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml [error]
File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/'

Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss' metadata [error]
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss' is invalid.
History:
 - SKIP request: User-requested skipping of a file
 - Can't provide /repodata/repomd.xml : User-requested skipping of a file
 - |] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss' because of the above error.
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-11.3-Oss
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/content [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/media.1/media [done]
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Oss' is up to date.
Skipping disabled repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Source'
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.

The strange thing is that I found the three missing files:

repomd.xml.asc
repomd.xml.key
repomd.xml

In a different link: Index of /update/11.3/repodata
But when I tried to edit manually this link YAST replied that it was not possible to initilize or create the repository.

I tried everything from creating a new repository to editing the exisisting one, but to no avail. It seems that the default repositories are not editable.

Am I doing something wrong or there is a bug here?

Thanks

9

Yep, I’m getting a similar thing and was getting it all weekend too. My problems are mostly with the updates from the kde45 repo but also had a few problems with the standard oS11.3 repos.

I’m going to try assigning another mirror manually. Looks like there may have been a problem with how some of the mirrors have updated.

10

On 2010-10-12 10:36, FabrizioS wrote:
>
> This is what I got yesterday night. This time I used the linecommand
> tool:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> linux-hchb:/home/golem # zypper -vv ref
…
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss
> Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml.asc [error]
> Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml.key [error]
> Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml [error]
> File ‘/repodata/repomd.xml’ not found on medium ‘http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/’
…

>
> The strange thing is that I found the three missing files:
>
> repomd.xml.asc
> repomd.xml.key
> repomd.xml
>
> In a different link: ‘Index of /update/11.3/repodata’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata)

AH!!! You have defined the wrong type of repo. Run “zypper lr --details”, I bet that “Non-Oss” is
not of type “yast2” but “rpm-md”. It has to be type yast2. I’m not sure if there is a command to
change the type, see the help for zypper - or remove it, add it again.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

11

I report below the result

linux-hchb:/home/golem # zypper lr -d

# | Alias                               | Name                                | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                             | Service
--+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/                       |        
2 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0                                         |        
3 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.3-Debug                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/  |        
4 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/    |        
5 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.3-Oss                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/        |        
6 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.3-Source                | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |

So the non-oss repository is a “rpm-md” one, but I do not understand what difference does it make. The problem is that the three files are not present in the repository (they cannot be downloaded).

Furthermore when I read all the zypper manual I did no see any possibility to change the repository type

Regards

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On 2010-10-14 11:36, FabrizioS wrote:
>
> I report below the result
>
> linux-hchb:/home/golem # zypper lr -d
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
> --±------------------------------------±------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
> 1 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/ |
> 2 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
> 3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
> 4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/ |
> 5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
> 6 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
> --------------------
>
>
> So the non-oss repository is a “rpm-md” one, but I do not understand
> what difference does it make. The problem is that the three files are
> not present in the repository (they cannot be downloaded).

The problem is that you defined, somehow, the wrong type. If you have “rpm-md” it will search for
those files, that do not exist because the repo is type yast2, and that is not under your control.
The repo isn’t yours to decide how it works :slight_smile:

> Furthermore when I read all the zypper manual I did no see any
> possibility to change the repository type

Remove, add.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

13

Wow it worked!!!

Now from the terminal I got the following:

linux-hchb:/home/golem # zypper -vv ref
Verbosity: 2
Initialising Target
Specified repositories: 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Opensuse-11.3-Non-Oss                                                                                                                                             
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/content [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/media.1/media [done]
Repository 'Opensuse-11.3-Non-Oss' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                          
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82                                                                                                                               
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml [done (4.3 KiB/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml.asc [done]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml.key [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/repomd.xml [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/531620b1a72d94583696a5ef890239fdb8026c92-susedata.xml.gz [done (2.9 KiB/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/2e5e920cfffbe9e5abeb30d7ae766f056af03ba2-updateinfo.xml.gz [done (14.9 KiB/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/f6f35606093eb22c45d8ec1f5a490f8d405c6596-primary.xml.gz [done (60.6 KiB/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/repodata/a210cc6fe7fc2245c05dc6249709848f98c24589-deltainfo.xml.gz [done (65.1 KiB/s)]
Retrieving repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82' metadata [done]
Building repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82' cache [done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-11.3-Debug                                                                                                                                               
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/content [done]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/media.1/media [done]
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Debug' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                            
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-11.3-Oss                                                                                                                                                 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/content [done (0 B/s)]
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/media.1/media [done]
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Oss' is up to date.
Skipping disabled repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Source'
All repositories have been refreshed.

I did as you said:

  1. I deleted the non oss repository
  2. I added again and this time was a “Yast2” type

Notwithstanding I would like to know which different there is between a “Yast2” and “rpm-md” one and why they act so differently.

Thank you for your help

14

On 2010-10-15 12:36, FabrizioS wrote:
>
> Wow it worked!!!

…

> I did as you said:
>
> 1) I deleted the non oss repository
> 2) I added again and this time was a “Yast2” type

Good :slight_smile:

> Notwithstanding I would like to know which different there is between a
> “Yast2” and “rpm-md” one and why they act so differently.

Have a look at the documentation for the package “createrepo”, it should say or tell where to seek
more info on that.

Some pointers:

<http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Maintenance/Code11/Howto>
<http://old-en.opensuse.org/Standards/RPM_metadata>
<http://old-en.opensuse.org/Standards/YaST2_repository_metadata>
<http://old-en.opensuse.org/Software_Repositories>

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

15

I am having similar issues with official 11.3 repositories. I been working on it for few days. They seem to work one day and not the other. Not a network problem. All connectivity checks out. Here is what i get:

zypper lr -d

1 | debug | debug | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
2 | download.videolan.org-SuSE | VideoLan Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.3/ |
3 | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/ |
4 | non-oss | non-oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
5 | non-oss_from_opensuse | non-oss_from_opensuse | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss |
6 | oss | oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
7 | oss_from_opensuse | oss_from_opensuse | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
8 | source | source | No | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss |
9 | update | update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.3 |
10 | update_OPENSUSE | update_OPENSUSE | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.3

As you can see i tried many.

So here is an error:

zypper -vv refresh
Verbosity: 2
Initializing Target
Specified repositories:
Checking whether to refresh metadata for debug
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/content [error (0 B/s)]
Failed to download /content from Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i
Error retrieving metadata for ‘debug’:
History:

and so on for all of them. Agian it was working yesterday. I was also able to do zypper up ! did it last week. was working fine then with default directories. I discovered an issue when i ran zypper up again and discovered errors. If this is an issue with 11.3 ill go back to 11.2. Hopefully 11.2 is fine. But ill check.

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On 2010-10-26 18:06, yelenafeldman wrote:
>
> I am having similar issues with official 11.3 repositories. I been
> working on it for few days. They seem to work one day and not the other.
> Not a network problem. All connectivity checks out. Here is what i get:
>
> zypper lr -d

> 1 | debug | debug | Yes | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss’(http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/) |

Why do you have the debug repo active? Leave it at no, no, unless you really need it.

> 2 | download.videolan.org-SuSE | VideoLan Repository | Yes | Yes| 99 | rpm-md | ‘Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.3/’(http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.3/) |

Give it a priority of 115.

>
> 3 | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes| 99 | rpm-md | ‘Index of /pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/’(http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/) |

>
> 4 | non-oss | non-oss | Yes | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss’(http://130.57.19.201/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/) |

Remove.

>
> 5 | non-oss_from_opensuse | non-oss_from_opensuse | Yes | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss’(http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/) |
>
> 6 | oss | oss | Yes | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss’(http://130.57.19.201/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/) |

Remove.

> 7 | oss_from_opensuse | oss_from_opensuse | Yes | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /distribution/11.3/repo/oss’(http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/) |
>
> 8 | source | source | No | Yes| 99 | yast2 | ‘Index of /source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss’(http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/) |
>
> 9 | update | update | Yes | Yes| 99 | rpm-md | ‘Index of /update/11.3’(http://130.57.19.201/update/11.3/) |

Remove.

> 10 | update_OPENSUSE | update_OPENSUSE | Yes | Yes| 99 | rpm-md | ‘Index of /update/11.3’(http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/)
>

> As you can see i tried many.

Indeed.
Duplicating repos is an error.

> So here is an error:
>
> zypper -vv refresh
> Verbosity: 2
> Initializing Target
> Specified repositories:
> Checking whether to refresh metadata for debug
> Retrieving:
> http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/content
> [error (0 B/s)]
> Failed to download /content from ‘Index of
> /debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/)
> Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i

You have to try on a browser at the same time. The repo is in fact a redirector to a mirror near
you, and it could happen that the choosen mirror is bad. I’m not sure if the real mirror choosen is
listed in the logs.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)