[sle-beta] SLE15(Beta1) and zypper ...

[Jiri Srain]

On 30.10.2017 19:55, Don Buchholz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> With the new "Installer" and "Packages" ISOs paradigm,
> itappears the zypper repository configuration has been
> extended.
> 
> Using "zypper lr -d", I see the base system repository
> from the 'Installer' ISO, and then the four additional
> modules.
> 
>  | sle15:~# zypper lr -d |cut -c1-2,4-37,39-51,105-150
>  |   ...
>  |# | Alias                           | Name       | URI
>  |--+---------------------------------+------------+---------------------------------------------
> 
>  |  1| Basesystem-Module_15-0          | SLE15-Pkg  |
> http://SLE-SRV/distros/suse/ia32e/sle15-pkg/
>  |  2| Desktop-Applications-Module_15-0| SLE15-Pkg  |
> http://SLE-SRV/distros/suse/ia32e/sle15-pkg/
>  | 3| Development-Tools-Module_15-0   | SLE15-Pkg  |
> http://SLE-SRV/distros/suse/ia32e/sle15-pkg/
>  |  4| Legacy-Module_15-0              | SLE15-Pkg  |
> http://SLE-SRV/distros/suse/ia32e/sle15-pkg/
>  |  5| SLES15-15-0                     | SLES15-15-0|
> http://SLE-SRV/distros/suse/ia32e/sle15
> 
> What I find interesting here is that the Installer
> [SLES15-15-0] repository has it's own URI, but then
> the added modules all share a common URI!  Looking
> at the configuration files in /etc/zypp/repos.d/
> I see there is a "path=...." parameter being added
> to "baseurl=....".  Only 'baseurl' is visible when
> using "zypper listrepo" and I can not find an option
> to list the full URL to the package repository.

To give you the reason for this: If you use a single DVD (or ISO image)
with multiple repositories, libzypp needs to be able to identify the
media itself (e.g. to ask you to put a specific DVD to the drive).

If you have all repositories on an on-line source like HTTP server, you
can follow this mechanism (and copy the whole DVD) or point libzypp to
individual repositories without the path- parameter.

Jiri

> Looking at an SLES12-SP3 system, I do see the
> "path=..." param in the installer-created
> "SLES12-SP3-12.3-0.repo", but it is not present
> in *.repo files created with "zypper addrepo ...".
> 
> Am I missing something in the zypper man page?
> Or does zypper(8) need to be extended to list the
> added paths?  Or should I just plan on forgoing
> command-line examination/creation of repositories
> and just continue to manipulate the *.repo files
> directly?
> 
> Regards,
> - Don Buchholz
> 
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Regards,

Jiri Srain
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