Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3605 mails)

[Adrian Schröter <adrian@xxxxxxx>]

Am Sunday 11 June 2006 01:58 schrieb jim tate:
> Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote:
> >> Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote:
> >>>> Right clicking on Suse Updater>Configure>Services>AddServices>
> >>>> The headings:
> >>>>
> >>>> Server Type:  Yum
> >>>> Service URI:     ?
> >>>> Service Name:   ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Using the below Server:
> >>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64
> >>>>
> >>>> What do I enter in for;
> >>>> Service URI:
> >>>> Service Name
> >>>>
> >>>> No matter what I enter it won't accept.
> >>>
> >>> You have to enter /suse/update/10.1 as path.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers -e
> >>
> >> Please, (you) enter correct settings in Service URI and Service Name
> >> , so I can understand better what you mean, I tryed something
> >> similiar but it won't take it.
> >
> > I do not use this Yum, so I am not familiar with what it wants as
> > "Service URI" and "Service Name".
> >
> > But I can tell you that
> >
> >   http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.1
> >
> > is a proper update source (containing a repodata directory, so
> > prepared for Yum).
> > You can add it as a YaST installation source, too.
> >
> > Cheers -e
>
> In yast2 you have the "ServerName" and "Directory on Server" and what
> ever you put in it won't accept.
> http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.1
> There has got to be a better way.
> Thanks for your help guys.

It has also an option to simple to add an URL, it is last option in the "Add 
Source" menu.

-- 

Adrian Schroeter
SUSE Linux Products GmbH,  Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany
email: adrian@xxxxxxx


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