From: Stephan A. Rickauer (stephan.rickauer_at_ini.phys.ethz.ch)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2007 - 10:41:42 CEST
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:41:42 +0200 From: "Stephan A. Rickauer" <stephan.rickauer@ini.phys.ethz.ch> Message-ID: <20070808104142.30346144@star26bsd.lan.ini.uzh.ch> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SP1 upgrade failed using rug
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Mike Petersen <mgpeter@pcc-services.com> wrote:
> > short version:
> > >
> > > when I try to upgrade to SLES10 SP1 using 'rug', I get
> > > "ERROR: 'SLES10-SP1-Online' is not a valid catalog."
> >
> > anybody?
>
> I have never tried to upgrade a system using 'rug', but I have had
> problems where either 'zen-updater' didn't work or 'yast online
> update' didn't work, but usually the other method did work.
>
> I know this really isn't a good answer to your problem, but I suggest
> that if you are still having issues, download the media for SP1 and
> run the update from the CD/DVD. IMO this is by far the easiest and
> "cleanest" way to upgrade a system anyway.
Thanks, Mike. In the meantime I tried _all_ ways of upgrading and _all_
failed. I asked our central informatics services for filing a support
request at Novell and guess what: They know about these problems but
couldn't come up with a solution yet... unbelievable. Yes, it's Novell,
a major company I am talking about. Not a Mom-and-Pop grocery store.
Well, maybe I am wrong.
Within the time I've wasted for upgrading three servers successfully
and struggling with two others I could have upgraded ~30 OpenBSD
servers. I can't understand why so many people accept so crappy and
lousy quality. If we didn't have to use SLES10 in some regards, I
would stop using it _right away_.
This is not professional, it is amateurish tinkering. I am using SuSE
products since 5.3 and have always believed in 'progress' and quality of
the distribution. Ok, upgrades never worked well (at least not if you
define 'well' as 'in BSD') - but I thought server products are
different. They are not. Same story, same tinkering and the same waste
of time on the customer side. All Novell can offer is a shrug of
shoulders.
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