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["LLLActive@xxxxxxx" <LLLActive@xxxxxxx>]

Rodney Baker wrote:
> On Thursday 20 November 2008 02:02:02 LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
>   
> > Rodney Baker wrote:
> >     
> > > On Tuesday 18 November 2008 19:25:07 LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > could someone tell me what the following error message means when I try
> > > > to configure Online Update on an older OpenSUSE 10.3 that worked before:
> > > >
> > > > Execute curl command failed with '7':
> > > > curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
> > > >
> > > > When I try to add a repo e.g.:
> > > > http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/, it creates a
> > > > http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/repodata/ link and says that it
> > > > could not connect to host. I can navigate to
> > > > http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/repodata/ with firefox and see
> > > > all the patches. The mirrors like gwdg in Germany does not have 10.3
> > > > anymore?
> > > >
> > > > Do we have problems with the Nürenberg/German sites again?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > Al
> > > >         
> > > I was having problems with this on the weekend doing an update from 10.3
> > > to 11.0 on a running system (which was successful, in the end...); the
> > > problem was that curl was using my local squid proxy, but squid kept
> > > crashing due to zypper having filled up /var with all of the downloaded
> > > rpm's. They were already installed but the complete update process hadn't
> > > yet finished so they hadn't been removed. Took me ages to figure that one
> > > out. Once I ran "zypper clean", then restarted squid with a /var
> > > partition that had some room again, everything completed fine.
> > >
> > > Thing is, I'm not sure where curl detects its proxy settings from. With
> > > Firefox set to connect directly with no proxy I was also able to browse
> > > the repositories online (which only served to confirm that the problem
> > > was indeed at my end...).
> > >
> > > YMMV.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rodney.
> > >       
> > sudo "zypper clean"
> > root's password:
> > sudo: zypper clean: command not found
> >
> > I see no "clean" switch for with zypper -h
> >
> > I have "zypper-0.8.26.0.1.x86_64-suse-linux" and "Linux Server1
> > 2.6.22.19-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-10-14 22:17:43 +0200 x86_64 x86_64
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux"
> >
> > I deleted all the repos with yast, but cannot add them any more, not
> > even the "community repos"
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > :-)
> >     
>
> To add a repository with zypper do:
>
> zypper ar <repository_url>
>
> It is easier if you log in as root or use 'su -' (no quotes, then enter 
> root's 
> password) to get a root shell rather than using sudo. If you use sudo don't 
> put quotes around the subsequent command and parameters.
>
> Here is what I get when I run zypper -h...
>
> bakerr@mako:~> zypper -h
>   Usage:                
>         zypper [--global-options] <command> [--command-options] [arguments]
>
>   Global Options:
>         --help, -h              Help.
>         --version, -V           Output the version number.
>         --quiet, -q             Suppress normal output, print only error 
> messages.
>         --verbose, -v           Increase verbosity.                           
>     
>         --no-abbrev, -A         Do not abbreviate text in tables.             
>     
>         --table-style, -s       Table style (integer).                        
>     
>         --rug-compatible, -r    Turn on rug compatibility.                    
>     
>         --non-interactive, -n   Do not ask anything, use default answers 
> automatically.
>         --xmlout, -x            Switch to XML output.                         
>          
>         --reposd-dir, -D <dir>  Use alternative repository definition files 
> directory. 
>         --cache-dir, -C <dir>   Use alternative meta-data cache database 
> directory.    
>         --raw-cache-dir <dir>   Use alternative raw meta-data cache 
> directory.         
>
>         Repository Options:
>         --no-gpg-checks         Ignore GPG check failures and continue.
>         --plus-repo, -p <URI>   Use an additional repository.
>         --disable-repositories  Do not read meta-data from repositories.
>         --no-refresh            Do not refresh the repositories.
>
>         Target Options:
>         --root, -R <dir>        Operate on a different root directory.
>         --disable-system-resolvables  Do not read installed resolvables.
>
>   Commands:
>         help, ?                 Print help.
>         shell, sh               Accept multiple commands at once.
>
>         Repository Handling:
>         repos, lr               List all defined repositories.
>         addrepo, ar             Add a new repository.
>         removerepo, rr          Remove specified repository.
>         renamerepo, nr          Rename specified repository.
>         modifyrepo, mr          Modify specified repository.
>         refresh, ref            Refresh all repositories.
>         clean                   Clean local caches.
>   
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         Software Management:
>         install, in             Install packages.
>         remove, rm              Remove packages.
>         verify, ve              Verify integrity of package dependencies.
>         update, up              Update installed packages with newer versions.
>         dist-upgrade, dup       Perform a distribution upgrade.
>         source-install, si      Install source packages and their build 
> dependencies.
>
>         Querying:
>         search, se              Search for packages matching a pattern.
>         info, if                Show full information for specified packages.
>         patch-info              Show full information for specified patches.
>         pattern-info            Show full information for specified patterns.
>         product-info            Show full information for specified products.
>         patch-check, pchk       Check for patches.
>         list-updates, lu        List available updates.
>         patches, pch            List all available patches.
>         packages, pa            List all available packages.
>         patterns, pt            List all available patterns.
>         products, pd            List all available products.
>         what-provides, wp       List packages providing specified capability.
>
>         Package Locks:
>         addlock, al             Add a package lock.
>         removelock, rl          Remove a package lock.
>         locks, ll               List current package locks.
>
> Regards,
>   
Then I have serious zypper problems.
My zypper (zypper-0.8.26.0.1.x86_64-suse-linux) gives (logged in as root):

zypper -h
  Options:
        --help, -h              Help.
        --version, -V           Output the version number.
        --quiet, -q             Suppress normal output, print only error
messages.
        --verbose, -v           Increase verbosity.
        --terse, -t             Terse output for machine consumption.
        --table-style, -s       Table style (integer).
        --rug-compatible, -r    Turn on rug compatibility.
        --non-interactive, -n   Don't ask anything, use default answers
automatically.
        --no-gpg-checks         Ignore GPG check failures and continue.
        --root, -R <dir>        Operate on a different root directory.

  Commands:
        help, ?                 Help
        shell, sh               Accept multiple commands at once
        install, in             Install packages or resolvables
        remove, rm              Remove packages or resolvables
        search, se              Search for packages matching a pattern
        repos, lr               List all defined repositories.
        addrepo, ar             Add a new repository
        removerepo, rr          Remove specified repository
        renamerepo, nr          Rename specified repository
        modifyrepo, mr          Modify specified repository
        refresh, ref            Refresh all repositories
        patch-check, pchk       Check for patches
        patches, pch            List patches
        list-updates, lu        List updates
        xml-updates, xu         List updates and patches in xml format
        update, up              Update installed resolvables with newer
versions.
        info, if                Show full information for packages
        patch-info              Show full information for patches
        source-install, si      Install a source package

NO 'clean' here.

:-)
Al

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