Comment # 5 on bug 1090193 from Lukas Ocilka

(In reply to Ladislav Slez�k from comment #3)
> We need to expand the URL first, use the expanded URL when adding the
> repository and then set the original unexpanded URL for the repository.

Without an explanation, this rather sounds like a hack. Could you PLS tell us
what is the real reason? We set the unexpanded URL later, so libzypp should
be able to work with it. Isn't this rather a workaround then?