Did Packman's opensuse 11.3 repo change? Is it down?

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#1

This has been happening for about a week. When I run the updater applet (or when it runs on its own), I get the error:

PackageKit Error repo-not-available: File ‘/repodata/repomd.xml’ not found on medium ‘http://packman.unixheads.com/suse/openSUSE_11.3/’

#2

OK, apparently unixheads died: Where is the Packman repo? | Unixheads, stuff that matters

The repo formally known as packman.unixheads.com is officially retired.

So now my questions:

  1. How do I switch all my packages from unixheads over to something else (and what do you recommend I use?)
  2. Is it possible to set mirrors for package repositories, or do I have to choose just one at a time?
#3

It seems that this particular mirror is down and You need to change it.

packman.unixheads.com down for the count

Best regards,
Greg

#4

It is down.
What happened to Packman?

#5

Here’s a script I wrote as a work around.
updaterepos - skipping repos that are down and allowing multiple urls

#6

I can not find this repo URL. Try to remove it and install

su

# zypper addrepo -f http://packman.inode.at/suse/11.3/packman.repo

# zypper refresh
#7

Will this properly switch packages over to that? I have packages where the provider is that packman repo, can I just remove it and add a diff one?

#8

The provider won’t change, only the mirror. Using the script I linked to is easier and won’t change any other property except the URL. By removing/adding a repo, you might change some properties - like autorefresh and keeppackages (if you ever keep the packages locally). However by removing/reinstalling packman to another mirror, you won’t change the vendor. So whatever you do, no need to worry.