-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2011-05-27 22:06, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
The mirrors are still out there. I don't understand why we need to break people's package managers after a certain time.
Sure its EOL, sure it's not suggested to use, etc, etc. But why do we need to break people's package managers?
The package managers are already broken. The packagekit applet is complaining here about every 15 minutes that it could not connect to a software source. I had to do: mv /usr/sbin/packagekitd /usr/sbin/packagekitd.noquiero to stop that nonsense. Look how many repos fail for me: Telcontar:~ # zypper refresh Repository 'NVIDIA Repository' is up to date. Download (curl) error for 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/11.2/repodata/repomd.xml': Error code: User abort Error message: connect() timed out! Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'Packman Repository': Download (curl) error for 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/11.2/repodata/repomd.xml': Error code: User abort Error message: connect() timed out! Skipping repository 'Packman Repository' because of the above error. Repository 'Google Talk Plugin' is up to date. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/plater/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: home: Dave Plater': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/plater/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: home: Dave Plater' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: Database': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: Database' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: KDE: KDE3': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: KDE: KDE3' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.2' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: KDE: UpdatedApps': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.2' Skipping repository 'OBS: KDE: UpdatedApps' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE%3a/Tools/openSUSE_11.2' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: oS: tools': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE%3a/Tools/openSUSE_11.2' Skipping repository 'OBS: oS: tools' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org%3a/STABLE/openSUSE_...' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: OpenOffice.org': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org%3a/STABLE/openSUSE_...' Skipping repository 'OBS: OpenOffice.org' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.2:/Contrib/standard' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: Contrib/standard': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.2:/Contrib/standard' Skipping repository 'OBS: Contrib/standard' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: games': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: games' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hamradio/openSUSE_11.2' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: hamradio': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hamradio/openSUSE_11.2' Skipping repository 'OBS: hamradio' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11...' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: multimedia: audio: KMP': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11...' Skipping repository 'OBS: multimedia: audio: KMP' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11...' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: multimedia: audio: KMP (update)': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11...' Skipping repository 'OBS: multimedia: audio: KMP (update)' because of the above error. File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: science': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: science' because of the above error. Retrieving repository 'OBS: server: mail' metadata [done] Building repository 'OBS: server: mail' cache [done] File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.2/' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'OBS: Drivers for webcams': File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.2/' Skipping repository 'OBS: Drivers for webcams' because of the above error. Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Source' is up to date. Repository 'libdvdcss repository' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Oss' is up to date. Repository 'openSUSE-11.2-Update' is up to date. Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error. Telcontar:~ # - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. 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