4 Apr
2009
4 Apr
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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
Summary: zypper should support --continue or something like it
Classification: openSUSE
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Version: Final
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Other
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: libzypp
AssignedTo: zypp-maintainers(a)forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net
QAContact: qa(a)suse.de
Found By: ---
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.0.7)
Gecko/2009022800 SUSE/3.0.7-1.1.6 Firefox/3.0.7
zypper supports -n (--non-interactive) more or less
However, any minor download error aborts an entire operation unnecessarily.
Not infrequently various mirrors may disconnect or fail to provide for many
reasons a file when asked, and this is how zypper currently behaves:
Retrieving package kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64 (10/130),
36.8 M (160.1 M unpacked)
Retrieving: kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64.rpm [error]
File './x86_64/kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64.rpm' not found
on medium
'http://opensuse.ca.unixheads.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1/'
Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: a
Failed to provide Package kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3. Do you want
to retry retrieval?
[KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop|http://opensuse.ca.unixheads.org/repositories/KDE:…]
Can't provide file
'./x86_64/kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64.rpm' from repository
'KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop'
History:
- File './x86_64/kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64.rpm' not
found on medium
'http://opensuse.ca.unixheads.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1/'
- Can't provide ./x86_64/kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo-4.2.2-217.3.x86_64.rpm :
Media Exception
Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: a
Problem occured during or after installation or removal of packages:
Installation aborted by user
Please see the above error message for a hint.
It seems to me that --non-interactive should support a --continue mode where it
ignores non-fatal errors and continues.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.
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31 Jul
31 Jul
12:16
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
User ma(a)novell.com added comment
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c1
Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> changed:
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Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low
CC| |jkupec(a)novell.com,
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--- Comment #1 from Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> 2009-07-31 06:16:50 MDT ---
Not being able to get a package that should be installed is a fatal error.
Jano: In conjunction with DownloadInAdvance we could indeed offer to skip those
packages, and continue to preload the chache. Installation won't start unless
all required packages are present.
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12:35
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User jkupec(a)novell.com added comment
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c2
--- Comment #2 from Ján Kupec <jkupec(a)novell.com> 2009-07-31 06:35:03 MDT ---
I don't see much benefit in this. What's wrong with simply restarting the
operation? You'll need to do that at least once to proceed anyway. Or did you
have something else in mind?
If the user wants to run non-interactively e.g. from cron, to get the system
updated and avoid failure because of temporary network problem, s/he can repeat
the operation in the script until it succeeds.
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4 Aug
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13:00
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c3
Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
--- Comment #3 from Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> 2010-08-04 15:00:43 CEST ---
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10 Aug
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21:26
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c4
Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net> changed:
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Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED
Resolution|WONTFIX |
--- Comment #4 from Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net> 2010-08-10 21:26:40 UTC
---
I'm reopening this bug because I do feel the functionality is worth having.
Frequently, when internet connectivity is poor (as it frequently is for many
people) it's convenient to be able to ignore failed or bad downloads (like
checksum failures). Therefore I'd like to propose a --batch or --continue mode
where zypper ignores non-fatal errors and continues on to the next download.
Today, todayloading KDE 4.5.0, at least a half-dozen times I had to tell zypper
to ignore the error and continue. However, that also meant that I had to sit
and observe zypper for over an hour. It seems to me that people that want a
--batch or --continue mode are somewhat more advanced users and are willing to
live with the *possibility* (unlikely) that couple of failed downloads out of
many will hose a system -- especially since a --batch mode would likely report
at the end of the operation "Unable to download: foo bar and baz".
Asking the user to simply repeat the operation isn't necessarily a feasible
one.
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11 Aug
11 Aug
11:03
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c5
Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Priority|P4 - Low |P3 - Medium
Status|REOPENED |NEW
Component|libzypp |libzypp
Product|openSUSE 11.1 |openSUSE 11.3
--- Comment #5 from Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> 2010-08-11 13:03:08 CEST ---
@Jano: No 'sit and observe zypper for over an hour' is IMO a valid usecase.
Unless in DownloadAsNeeded mode, libzypp will not install anything if not all
required packages are actually present. So it should be safe if zypper
(auto-)skips download errors in those modes.
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13:42
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c6
--- Comment #6 from Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net> 2010-08-11 13:42:41 UTC
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While using DownloadAsNeeded (the default) combined with a batch-like mode is
very slightly less "safe" (in a real but statistically unlikely way), I've
generally found that the other modes all essentially behave like
DownloadInAdvance (I've never actually seen DownloadInHeaps behave differently
than DownloadInAdvance - although I admit that it's been a month or two since I
tried).
Given the scenario I was faced with last night - downloading over 100 packages
from a seemingly slow and problematic server (checksum errors) - I would have
much preferred to just tell zypper "do what you can" and walk away, come back a
hour or two later, and fix anything that went wrong.
Given that most users that would use a batch-like mode are more advanced, it
seems to me that such actions are within the realm of expectations.
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10:56
New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c7
Ján Kupec <jkupec(a)novell.com> changed:
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Status|NEW |NEEDINFO
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--- Comment #7 from Ján Kupec <jkupec(a)novell.com> 2010-09-06 10:55:58 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
Unless in DownloadAsNeeded mode, libzypp will not
install anything if not all
required packages are actually present. So it should be safe if zypper
(auto-)skips download errors in those modes.
But quit after downloading, if there were errors? Is this possible from out of
zypp? Will it work with keeppackages=0?
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New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c8
Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> changed:
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--- Comment #8 from Michael Andres <ma(a)novell.com> 2010-09-06 13:09:03 CEST ---
It should. Downloading leaves the package in the cache until it actually gets
installed. Only the attempt to install will remove it if 'keeppackages=0'.
(yes, you may have a nonempty cache even if 'keeppackages=0')
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New subject: [Bug 492261] zypper should support --continue or something like it
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492261#c9
--- Comment #9 from Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net> 2013-01-24 01:59:35 UTC
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Zypper has changed a *lot* since this bug was filed. Is this bug even valid any
more?
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Michael Andres <ma(a)suse.com> changed:
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--- Comment #10 from Michael Andres <ma(a)suse.com> 2013-01-24 11:31:39 CET ---
There's still no --continue option which would cause to download as much as
possible if used together with --non-interactive.
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Björn Voigt <bjoernv(a)arcor.de> changed:
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Eberhard Kümmerle <E.Kuemmerle(a)fz-juelich.de> changed:
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--- Comment #11 from Eberhard Kümmerle <E.Kuemmerle(a)fz-juelich.de> ---
I'm managing a number of desktop systems and I use
cron.daily/opensuse.org-online_update to patch them.
Currently, this fails because a minor important repository is not available:
File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium
'http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/13.2'
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/? shows all options] (a):
ABORT request: Aborting requested by user
I would indeed very much appreciate if the major updates from the opensuse repo
would still be installed automatically in such a situation.
So I think some kind of --continue or --ignore-minor-errors would be very
helpful here!
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Michael Andres <ma(a)suse.com> changed:
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |FEATURE
--- Comment #12 from Michael Andres <ma(a)suse.com> ---
The problem with this is, that zypper does not know whether this is a minor or
major important repo to you.
If a repo is disabled/skipped, packages previously installed from this repo are
considered as 'orphanded'. Orphanded packages involved in any dependency issue
may be silently deleted by the resolver. As zypper can't decide whether this
would be OK for you, we don't offer such an option.
For your usecase we had to introduce a new repo property which allows you to
tag a repo as 'minor important'. Zypper may then ignore the refresh error and
continue using the old (unrefreshed) data.
This way one could wait for a repo to become available again rather than
permanently disabling it.
I added this as a feature request at
https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper/issues/56.
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--- Comment #13 from Eberhard Kümmerle <E.Kuemmerle(a)fz-juelich.de> ---
For those, who want an immediate solution and accept the risks described by
Michael Andres:
I wrote the following script 'zypper-ignore-errors' that calls zypper in
interactive mode and provides the needed answers automatically:
##################
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Expect; # needs package 'perl-Expect'
use strict;
my $exp = Expect->spawn('zypper', @ARGV);
while ($exp->expect(36000,
[ qr|Abort, retry, ignore\? \[a/r/i.*\):|, sub
{$exp->send("i\n");}],
[ qr|Do you want to disable the repository .* permanently\?|, sub
{$exp->send("no\n");}],
[ qr|\? \[.*\):|, sub
{$exp->send("\n");}]
)) {}
##################
You can call it like that (important: WITHOUT --non-interactive):
zypper-ignore-errors --quiet up -t patch --auto-agree-with-licenses
Best regards,
Eberhard
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