Liam Proven composed on 2018-01-30 19:14 (UTC+0100):
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:47:09 -0500 Felix Miata wrote:
... Same obtuse description as I found on https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_manual_%28plain%29 before starting the thread.
How is it obtuse?
Better word choices might be "abstruse" or "overly terse". example: [quote] -t, --type type Type of repository (yast2, rpm-md, or plaindir) in case the autodetection fails. There are several aliases defined for these types: yast2 susetags, yast, YaST, YaST2, YAST rpm-md repomd, rpmmd, yum, YUM plaindir Plaindir [/quote] On study it appears there is tabular data in a table lacking headings and borders and that every reader is expected to recognize, without either, or use of colons, which are aliases, and which are types, even though a list of types is not first presented in a customary option format [yast2|rpm-md|plaindir]. Simply changing "these types" to "the three types" would be less ambiguous given that the types are previously presented only as parenthetical.
Does it mean that type=rpm-md and type=yum are both valid?
Yes.
What distinguishes a yast2 repo from an rpm-md repo?
Yast2 is SUSE's own format for the metadata and config files in a repository.
Detailed info:
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Standards_YaST2_Repository_Metadata
RPM-MD is a Red Hat format.
Some detailed info is here:
Additional info:
https://blog.felipe-alfaro.com/2006/06/06/package-management-repositories-me...
Also, is it valid to omit a type?
You did note that the first 3 options are flagged "(Mandatory)" and the rest are not, yes?
Due to the particular presentation of "(Mandatory)", I don't believe I made a connection before I wrote. Had Mandatory been presented as a heading followed by the three that are mandatory, then a heading for, and then a list of, the optional ones, or had Mandatory immediately followed each option rather than the option's description, that would not likely have escaped. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org