New subject: [zypp-devel] Re: [opensuse] [zypper-1.11.20] NEW global option '--releasever' for distribution upgrades

14 Jan 2015

      Some of you may know about the '$releasever' placeholder which can be used in 
yum .repo files. On openSUSE the variable is substituted by the current 
distributions version (here 13.1):

  $ zypper ar -f -n 'packman ($releasever)' \
    http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/\$releasever packman
  Adding repository 'packman (13.1)' ................................[done]
  Repository 'packman (13.1)' successfully added
  Enabled     : Yes
  Autorefresh : Yes
  GPG check   : Yes
  URI         : http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/13.1

  $ cat /etc/zypp/repos.d/packman.repo
  [packman]
  name=packman ($releasever)
  enabled=1
  autorefresh=1
  baseurl=http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/$releasever

  $ $ zypper lr packman
  Alias          : packman
  Name           : packman (13.1)
  URI            : http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/13.1

Defined like this, the repo will always match your distributions version. 
After having upgraded to 13.2, the repo will be 'packman (13.2)' at 
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/13.2 (provided the directory layout 
on the server does not change and a repo for this version is already 
available).

The missing link is the distribution upgrade itself; the system is still 13.1 
but you want to refer to the 13.2 repos.

This gap is now closed by the new '--releasever VERSION' global option. It 
allows to define the substitution value for '$releasever':

  $ zypper --releasever 31.2 lr packman
  Alias          : packman
  Name           : packman (13.2)
  URI            : http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/13.2

To check where '$releasever' is used and where still fixed version strings 
try:

  $ zypper --releasever @--HERE--@ lr -u

You can directly edit the /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo files and add $releasever 
to names and baseurls. Don't use it within the alias, it won't be replaced 
there.

If all repos are prepared you can try switching to the new version repos:

  $ zypper --releasever 31.2 refresh

If you're lucky and all required repos are available you can upgrade:

  $ zypper --releasever 31.2 dup

Once openSUSE 13.2 is installed, the --releasever option is no longer needed.

-- 

cu,
    Michael Andres

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[zypp-devel] [zypper-1.11.20] NEW global option '--releasever' for distribution upgrades

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