https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395 User sh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395#c1 Stefan Hundhammer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |zypp-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com Component|Installation |libzypp QAContact|jsrain@novell.com |qa@suse.de --- Comment #1 from Stefan Hundhammer 2008-11-04 09:53:14 MST --- -> libzypp maintainers -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395 User dave.plater@yahoo.co.uk added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395#c3 --- Comment #3 from Dave Plater 2008-11-13 01:52:40 MST --- This works :- # export $SUSEVERSION=11.1 # zypper ar http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/$SUSEVERSION packtest Adding repository 'packtest' [done] Repository 'packtest' successfully added Enabled: Yes Autorefresh: No URI: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1 But in order for the feature to work properly $SUSEVERSION needs to be recognized by libzypp. I will now edit packtest.repo to actually add the $SUSEVERSION to the URI in place of /11.1 zypper ref -r packtest File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/$SUSEVERSION' Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: a Problem retrieving files from 'packtest'. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/$SUSEVERSION' Please see the above error message for a hint. Skipping repository 'packtest' because of the above error. Could not refresh the repositories because of errors. libzypp obviously doesn't recognize variable $SUSEVERSION will upload logs -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395 User dave.plater@yahoo.co.uk added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395#c5 Dave Plater changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|dave.plater@yahoo.co.uk | --- Comment #5 from Dave Plater 2008-11-13 01:58:11 MST --- log uploaded -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395 User visnov@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395#c7 Stanislav Visnovsky changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium --- Comment #7 from Stanislav Visnovsky 2008-11-13 02:03:12 MST --- Thanks a lot! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395 User dave.plater@yahoo.co.uk added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441395#c9 --- Comment #9 from Dave Plater 2008-12-11 08:09:47 MST --- So how can repository definitions be made to work accross versions? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.