zypper bug - unable to install/update packages

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#1

Hello,
I’m having this problem with openSUSE Factory Gnome x86_64 (which I installed yesterday): zypper shows an error message instead of asking me if I want to continue. For example:

su -c 'zypper in chromium'
...
[summary of the transaction]
...
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::io::bad_format_string> >'
  what():  boost::bad_format_string: format-string is ill-formed
Cancelled (core dumped)

Is this a bug? Should I file it?
For now, the only way to install or upgrade or remove a package is to use Yast2’s package manager.

#2

Sounds like this:
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=899603

So no need to file it again.

According to the bug report this apparently only happens with the italian language though.
Is your system in italian?
If not you probably should add a comment to that report.

You could try as a workaround to set the locale to e.g. “C”:

su -c 'LC_ALL=C zypper in chromium'

Does this work?

#3

Yes, I’m Italian, so my system is in Italian!
The command you gave me actually works.

#4

Ok. This seems to be a “bug” in the italian translation.
Should be fixed soon I think.

#5

Does not mean there is no bug, but the command worked for me.

Does zypper work with any other packages?

#6

No, I used “chromium” just as an example