[opensuse-factory] rpm .repo release files
Hi ppl, In openSUSE for adding a repo we do a zypper ar $repo, the repo files are not owned by any rpm package AFAIK. Fedora has $REPO_NAME-release rpm in each repository installing the gpg key and the .repo file. Is there any purpose openSUSE not doing so or has this other reasons? Best regards, Damian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Quoting Damian Ivanov <damianatorrpm@gmail.com>:
That sounds a bit like a chicken/egg issue to me: how do I get the $REPO-NAME-release.rpm if it's in the repo? In essence, it's two different ways to do the same thing, with no real advantage of one over the other I guess. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a DimStar <DimStar@opensuse.org> wrote:
It would make sense to have these live in openSUSE:Update or similar to have something chain-of-trust'ish.
In essence, it's two different ways to do the same thing, with no real advantage of one over the other I guess.
With the one-click-web-installer, I agree. On the CLI, you'd save a few characters by not typing the full url (but usually, I assume, they're copied and pasted anyway). -- Kind regards Christopher 'm4z' Holm / 686f6c6d "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion" --Robert M. Pirsig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Quoting 686f6c6d <686f6c6d@googlemail.com>:
This would only be true if the main repository would contain an rpm for any and each 3rd party repository there is, so you could 'enable' that repository using zypper... for any other repo, you'd have to download the rpm, install it, then install packages from the repository you just enabled like this. Using zypper, knowing you want to enable the KDE:Foo repo, you wuold just zypper ar obs://KDE:Foo KDE:Foo Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a DimStar <DimStar@opensuse.org> wrote:
Yes, I made that assumption above (and wrote that, too).
Interesting, I didn't know zypper can handle obs://-style URLs. Thank you very much for that insight! I rest my case, I see no real advantage. (: -- Kind regards Christopher 'm4z' Holm / 686f6c6d "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion" --Robert M. Pirsig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Quoting Damian Ivanov <damianatorrpm@gmail.com>:
That sounds a bit like a chicken/egg issue to me: how do I get the $REPO-NAME-release.rpm if it's in the repo? In essence, it's two different ways to do the same thing, with no real advantage of one over the other I guess. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a DimStar <DimStar@opensuse.org> wrote:
It would make sense to have these live in openSUSE:Update or similar to have something chain-of-trust'ish.
In essence, it's two different ways to do the same thing, with no real advantage of one over the other I guess.
With the one-click-web-installer, I agree. On the CLI, you'd save a few characters by not typing the full url (but usually, I assume, they're copied and pasted anyway). -- Kind regards Christopher 'm4z' Holm / 686f6c6d "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion" --Robert M. Pirsig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Quoting 686f6c6d <686f6c6d@googlemail.com>:
This would only be true if the main repository would contain an rpm for any and each 3rd party repository there is, so you could 'enable' that repository using zypper... for any other repo, you'd have to download the rpm, install it, then install packages from the repository you just enabled like this. Using zypper, knowing you want to enable the KDE:Foo repo, you wuold just zypper ar obs://KDE:Foo KDE:Foo Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a DimStar <DimStar@opensuse.org> wrote:
Yes, I made that assumption above (and wrote that, too).
Interesting, I didn't know zypper can handle obs://-style URLs. Thank you very much for that insight! I rest my case, I see no real advantage. (: -- Kind regards Christopher 'm4z' Holm / 686f6c6d "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion" --Robert M. Pirsig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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