Hi all, I have a few questions regarding online update. If I abort the update will the packages already downloaded be kept in a cache directory like what ubuntu does? Or will it start downloading everything from scratch again?
On 11/06/2012 02:36 PM, georgelappies wrote:
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> Hi all, I have a few questions regarding online update. If I abort the
> update
first: what do you mean by “abort the update”? that is, were you using
YaST Online Update or Software Management and you clicked on the “Abort”
button and waited as long as it too for the abort to take place?
or: did you close YaST while the update was going on?
or: did you close the terminal/konsole while zypper was still running?
or: did you press the power button on your computer while either YaST or
zypper was running?
or: what?
second: it is best to not abort an update in any way other than clicking
the abort button and WAIT (it will NOT be quick) until all activity
stops, and YaST closes…
because the exact state the system will vary according to how and when
you performed the “abort”…
that is, it will be in an unknown state.
> will the packages already downloaded be kept in a cache directory
not possible to answer with the info you have given…
> like what ubuntu does?
if you were running an update in ubuntu and aborted while a package is
being downloaded, would ubuntu cache that broken package?
> Or will it start downloading everything from scratch again?
it depends on when and how the abort was processed and how you have set
up YaST…worse than that, it is possible to abort at so critical a
time that your system won’t boot or run!
bottom line: pretend it is impossible to abort an update once it has
begun…just sit on your hands and watch, or go for a walk, etc…
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dd
dd, thanks I see understand now. In ubuntu when you update the system (especially just after a clean install) and it has to download huge amount of updates 300MB+ it will first download all the files to /var/cache/apt/ and only once all the files have been downloaded will it start to unpack the deb files and replace / update existing files. This allowed me to update the system over a few days by visiting a wifi hot spot.
I was referring to if I cancel the update while it is still downloading the updates, this would not cause an issue as nothing in the system has changed as yet.
In openSUSE does it download each update and then directly after downloading the update does it apply it and then only download the next rpm file? If that is the case then indeed one will have to do the update in one fell swoop…
Hopefully there is a way to set it to first download all files (create a local repo of updates) and then only start the updating of the system files?
On 11/06/2012 04:16 PM, georgelappies wrote:
> Hopefully there is a way to set it to first download all files (create
> a local repo of updates) and then only start the updating of the system
> files?
several things you can do…
- to cause YaST/zypper to not begin installing until all packages are
downloaded set
commit.downloadMode = DownloadInAdvance
in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
-
there is a way to tell YaST/Zypper to retain all rpms downloaded
(even after they are installed), but i don’t remember it this second,
and don’t have enough patience to look it up for you (hopefully someone
else will jump in) -
there is also a way to set up a mirror on your machine…but, that
could include LOTS of stuff you would never use, ever…
sorry, i’m out of patience on this one…if no one comes along, bump it
and many someone shows up…
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dd
On 2012-11-06 16:16, georgelappies wrote:
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> dd, thanks I see understand now. In ubuntu when you update the system
> (especially just after a clean install) and it has to download huge
> amount of updates 300MB+ it will first download all the files to
> /var/cache/apt/ and only once all the files have been downloaded will it
> start to unpack the deb files and replace / update existing files. This
> allowed me to update the system over a few days by visiting a wifi hot
> spot.
The behaviour is configurable: download all before install, download
related bunches and install them, download one and install it… looz
somewhere in /etc/zypper or /etc/zypp.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
dd, thanks for your assistance it is much appreciated.
On 11/06/2012 08:36 AM, georgelappies pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> Hi all, I have a few questions regarding online update. If I abort the
> update will the packages already downloaded be kept in a cache directory
> like what ubuntu does? Or will it start downloading everything from
> scratch again?
>
>
YaST or zypper will pick up where it left off as long as you don’t
deleted any of the downloaded files. Either will also adjust for any
changes in the repos since the previous download was interrupted.
In my recent experience, I see it download everything first, and not install until all is downloaded.
Back when I was running 11.3, it did that differently and caused me headaches. There was a config setting to force it to download first. But, at least since 12.1, this seems be the default way of doing things.
This does make it seem a bit slow if the network is slow. But it is more reliable.
On the other question - as far as I know, it won’t download a second time if it finds that the update has already been downloaded. However, I have not tested that recently, so this is based on experience that is more than a year old.
On 2012-11-06 18:31, dd wrote:
> 2. there is a way to tell YaST/Zypper to retain all rpms downloaded
> (even after they are installed), but i don’t remember it this second,
> and don’t have enough patience to look it up for you (hopefully someone
> else will jump in)
Repository configuration in yast. Or zypper, man zypper 
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))