My short encounter with factory as a rolling distro

Well I unattached Tumbleweed repos and attached factory repos as per the Wiki instructions [https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Factory_installation]. Ran zypper -v dup -D. It all looked good. Ran dup for real. Froze after about the 74 millionth file download. Of course, there was no way to even boot it after that, let alone repair it.

Lucky I had a backup of my pre-dup Tumbleweed via rsync. Restored it all nicely.

Maybe I’ll stick with Tumbleweed for a while longer, until they test and prove the Factory-rolling-distro model a bit more.

It was fun though.

On 2014-08-25 15:06, swerdna wrote:
>
> Well I unattached Tumbleweed repos and attached factory repos as per the
> Wiki instructions
> [https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Factory_installation]. Ran zypper -v
> dup -D.

Dry-run downloads packages? I don’t remember, so I ask.

To make safe, I would use “–download-in-advance” on the “real” run.

> Maybe I’ll stick with Tumbleweed for a while longer, until they test and
> prove the Factory-rolling-distro model a bit more.

I would follow the factory mail list closely. They said something
important was broken today.

However, IMHO, factory will never be as /stable/ as tumbleweed.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

I switched to Factory yesterday. Did you upgrade while in the GUI? I did it from a terminal login, as the documentation warns that the X server may restart, which would of course stop your update.

BTW, if it stalled during a file download, your system should have been intact, unless I am missing something.

Dry run doesn’t download packages.

Something important broken?

Maybe worth another run.On the weekend. I’ll keep the last image of Tumbleweed in case I need it (if factory all goes bad).

I used the GUI. I can’t remember how it broke, a while gone by now, and I wasn’t very focused at the time. I’m going to try again on the weekend, and I’ll use a terminal login.

On 2014-08-28 15:16, swerdna wrote:

> Dry run doesn’t download packages.

Then you must use “–download-in-advance”.

> Something important broken?

I don’t remember what. Not important to me :wink: and the situation changes
from day to day.

You need reading the factory mail list to learn of those things, as the
people building factory report there, not here. Just a fact, no judging
intended.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

A lot changes in four months. Now it’s fine (for me)…