Hi Uwe, List, I am trying to set up a parallel update tree to the oss repository for opensuse-10.3 and not having much success, though I used this successfully in 10.1 and 10.2. I have tried to follow the various directions on using inst-source-utils from http://en.opensuse.org/Inst-source-utils and Uwe's page (entry for create_update_source.sh Version 20060925) http://www.suse.de/~ug/ These are slightly contradictory though and I have tended towards the ones on the Inst-source-utils page as they seem to be more recent. I have tried both inst-source-utils-2006.11.21-2 (from opensuse 10.2) and inst-source-utils-2007.9.26-4 from 10.3 to the same effect. I have a directory into which I have put a mirror of the oss repository, this is the $(BASE) macro in the Makefile below. Basically I type 'make' and it goes and does the steps in the all: target. But when I try to add the repository using 'zypper sa' it complains that ./suse/setup/descr/packages is missing, but there is such a file in the repository, provided ./ is taken to be the top-level oss/update directory. Here is the error in detail, and below that is my Makefile. $ sudo zypper sa nfs://host.cl.cam.ac.uk/suse-10.3/oss/updates \ opensuse-10.3-CL-extras * Adding repository 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' Repository 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' successfully added: Enabled: Yes Autorefresh: Yes URL: nfs://elmer.cl.cam.ac.uk/vol/vol3/sys-li9/suse-10.3/oss/updates carlit:repos$ sudo zypper search mlton Refreshing 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' * Building repository 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' cache Error parsing metadata for 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras': /var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras: Required file is missing: ./suse/setup/descr/packages This may be caused by invalid metadata in the repository, or by a bug in the met adata parser. In the latter case, or if in doubt, please, file a bug report by f ollowing instructions at http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper#Troubleshooting Disabling repository 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' because of the above error. * Reading installed packages [100%] No resolvables found. $ ============================================================== And here's the Makefile ============================================================== VERSION=10.3 REPO=oss BASE=/usr/groups/suse-$(VERSION)/$(REPO) KEYID=rpm-packager EXTRA_RPMS=extra-rpms .phony : all sign-rpms sign-repo build-repo update-checksums all : build-repo update-checksums sign-repo sign-rpms : rpm --define '_signature gpg' \ --define '_gpg_name ' \ --quiet --resign $(EXTRA_RPMS)/*/*.rpm 2>&1 | grep -v 'skipping$$' build-repo : -rm -rf $(BASE)/updates ( cd $(BASE) && create_update_source.sh . ) cd $(EXTRA_RPMS) ; \ for arch in * ; do \ mkdir -p $(BASE)/updates/suse/$$arch ; \ cp $$arch/*.rpm $(BASE)/updates/suse/$$arch ; \ done update-checksums : cd $(BASE)/updates/suse/ && \ create_package_descr -x setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV ; \ cd setup/descr/ && \ create_directory.yast . && \ create_md5sums . && \ cp $(BASE)/gpg-pubkey-*.asc $(BASE)/updates sign-repo : cd $(BASE)/updates && \ gpg --export --armor $(KEYID) > content.key ; \ gpg -b --sign --armor -u $(KEYID) content ; \ ls > directory.yast ==================================================================== Here is what looks like the relevant part of the zypper log when I try the refresh ===================================================================== 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [zypp] RepoManager.cc(checkIfToRefreshMetadata):438 Repository 'opensuse- 10.3-CL-extras' has been refreshed less than repo.refresh.delay (10) minutes ago. Advising to skip refresh 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [zypper] zypper-sources.cc(refresh_repos):580 calling buildCache 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <5> carlit(11565) [Measure] Measure.cc(Impl):152 START MEASURE(Check tables exist) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <5> carlit(11565) [Measure] Measure.cc(elapsed):174 ELAPSED(Check tables exist) 0 (u 0.00 s 0.00 c 0.00) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <5> carlit(11565) [Measure] Measure.cc(~Impl):160 MEASURE(Check tables exist) 0 (u 0.00 s 0 .00 c 0.00) [0 (u 0.00 s 0.00 c 0.00)] 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [zypp] CacheInitializer.cc(CacheInitializer):97 Repository cache already initialized 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [zypp] RepoManager.cc(buildCache):691 opensuse-10.3-CL-extras building ca che... 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <2> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] RepoParser.cc(assertMandatoryFile):222 /var/cache/zypp /raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras: Skip gz required file (will look for non-gz): ./content.gz 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] ContentFileReader.cc(parse):293 Start parsing /var/cac he/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras/content[g___] 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(0%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(23%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(44%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(67%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(88%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(100%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):80 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-1 0.3-CL-extras/content}(100%) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] RepoParser.cc(consumeProd):80 [Product] [ openSUSE-FTP_Updates 10.3 x86_64 ] 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] ContentFileReader.cc(endParse):255 [Content] 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] ContentFileReader.cc(parse):537 Done parsing /var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras/content[_eF_] 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [Progress] ProgressData.cc(report):86 {#25|/var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras/content}END 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <0> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] RepoParser.cc(parse):424 ReferenceCounted(@0x7a03d0<=1) 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] RepoParser.cc(parse):441 Total job size: 0 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <2> carlit(11565) [parser::susetags] RepoParser.cc(assertMandatoryFile):222 /var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras: Skip gz required file (will look for non-gz): ./suse/setup/descr/packages.gz 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <5> carlit(11565) [zypp] Exception.cc(log):119 RepoParser.cc(assertMandatoryFile):232 THROW: RepoParser.cc(assertMandatoryFile):232: /var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras: Required file is missing: ./suse/setup/descr/packages 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <1> carlit(11565) [zypp] CacheStore.cc(~Impl):155 name cache hits: 0 | cache size: 5 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <5> carlit(11565) [zypp] Exception.cc(log):119 zypper-sources.cc(build_cache):163 CAUGHT: RepoParser.cc(assertMandatoryFile):232: /var/cache/zypp/raw/opensuse-10.3-CL-extras: Required file is missing: ./suse/setup/descr/packages 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <3> carlit(11565) [zypper] zypper-sources.cc(build_cache):174 Error parsing metadata for 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras': 2007-10-30 15:36:55 <3> carlit(11565) [zypper] zypper-sources.cc(refresh_repos):589 Skipping repository 'opensuse-10.3-CL-extras' because of the above error. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org