http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829#c2 Lars Vogdt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |lrupp@novell.com InfoProvider| |Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensb | |urg.de --- Comment #2 from Lars Vogdt 2010-05-18 10:30:10 UTC --- Sorry, could not reproduce here with the current data in http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/repodata/ Can you please attach your /var/log/zypper.log file containing the error message? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829#c4 Lars Vogdt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Found By|--- |Customer QAContact|adrian@novell.com |lrupp@novell.com --- Comment #4 from Lars Vogdt 2010-05-24 10:38:48 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3)

OK, this may end up "INVALID": It seems you changed the data format for the updates within the product lifetime: Where previously there were fixed file names like "primary.xml.gz" (that would overwrite themselves with the current version), you seem to use "version-stamped" filenames now.

Yes. We need this change for different reasons - the most important benefit was the possibility to have the "right" file also available on our mirror servers, so: * our users get the (sometimes big) files also from a near by mirror * it's easier for all to detect an outdated mirror server * we save some bandwith on the master server We tested the new behaviour with all our tools and didn't catch any problem with this new setup - so from our perspective, this looks indeed like an "INVALID".

I had written software to fetch the new updates for a non-connected machine to be updated, and that software needs a change. I'd appreciate a specification for the repository format.

The initial discussion about the change can be found here: http://osdir.com/ml/linux.rpm.metadata/2008-09/index.html#00012 You should find further specificataions here: http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/RPM_metadata Reassigning to you, Duncan: you might add additional information/links about the current specification... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829#c5 --- Comment #5 from Ulrich Windl 2010-05-25 09:30:06 CEST --- (The first reference from comment #4 has a terrible signal to noise ratio which made me abandon that advertising site) The second reference contains outdated links for the most interesting parts, e.g. "Read here for more information on RPM-MD" (http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/) And the URI used for XML validation (http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo, http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/common, http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/rpm, http://novell.com/package/metadata/suse/common) are invalid also. I knew that it was a mess in the past, but it seems it still is. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605829#c7 Duncan Mac-Vicar changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #7 from Duncan Mac-Vicar 2010-12-21 14:54:58 UTC --- I just ported the page to the new openSUSE wiki http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Standards_Rpm_Metadata However, I am not sure what information are you requesting. It is completely valid to add a primary resource to the index using a name which includes it sha1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.