"Repository 'non-oss-updates' appears to be outdated

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Hi,

I’m currently playing around with Leap 15.3 installed on a local sandbox PC.

According to the release notes, there are now no less of six instead of the usual four official package repositories:

  • oss
  • non-oss
  • oss-updates
  • non-oss-updates
  • backports-updates
  • sle-updates

After a zypper refresh, every operation spews out the following warning:

Warning: Repository ‘non-oss-updates’ appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server.

I took a peek, and the repository is empty, though it’s there and configured in the default setup.

https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/non-oss/

Any suggestions ?

Niki

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The repositories are really a mess at this time with the sle… on the release new says “Users are advised not to use zypper patch until next week.”

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Just ignore that “Repository ‘non-oss-updates’ appears to be outdated” message. It is harmless.

As for the repos being a mess – the patches for SLE and the patches for openSUSE don’t see to mix very well at present.

Yes, the advice is to not use “zypper patch”. So you should also avoid Yast online update (does the same as zypper patch). And the desktop update applet will do the same.

Here’s what I have done (and seems so work).

1: I ran Yast online update – just once. There was only one update, which added a couple of repos.

2: I then used “zypper up” to update everything.

3: If I test Yast Online Update, it wants to uninstall LibreOffice or something similar that doesn’t look right. That’s why I am avoiding Yast Online Update for now.

4

Well, the problem seems to have resolved itself.

BTW, I’m using zypper (command-line) exclusively for managing repositories, packages, updates and everything.

Usually I try to automate the post-install procedure by putting everything in a simple shell script.

Here’s my script for Leap 15.2:

https://gitlab.com/kikinovak/opensuse/-/blob/master/leap-kde-setup.sh

5

Please upload to https://susepaste.org/

When I use the link you provided, I get a header bar and a side bar with an empty space. Apparently the site wants me to allow scripting (or maybe even a login?). Not all people are fond of doing this.

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Yes.

They pushed an update for “opera”, and that gave the repo a newer timestamp. And that (an old timestamp) was what caused the “problem”.