Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3605 mails)

[david <wdmeadows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote:
>> Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> So there is a mistake on your side...
> 
>> http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.1
>> There has got to be a better way.
>> Thanks for your help guys.
> 
> It works.
> 
> Cheers -e

I think this is what jim is asking:
(I may be wrong.)

*adding a YaST2 (YUM) installation source.

Type = http
Server name = ftp-1.gwdg.de
Directory = pub/suse/update/10.1


DAVID

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