I'm not sure, but I think you have to add /suse after inst-source for rug to find the repodata directory, so it would be
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse br, erwin On Tuesday 15 August 2006 20:05, James Oakley wrote: > I've been trying to keep up to date with Factory, but every time I try an > update, it fails for some reason or another. It's usually "Failed to parse > XML metadata: Can't add repository at > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source: > Cannot create the installation source" > > So after many weeks, I finally have factory "active" in rug, but now rug > thinks I'm up to date: > > maus:~ # rug up > No updates are available. > > The problem is that I'm not up to date: > > maus:~ # rpm -q bash > bash-3.1-27 > maus:~ # rug info bash > Catalog: > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source > Name: bash > Version: 3.1-29 > Arch: i586 > Installed: No > Status: up-to-date > > Why would rug think it's up-to-date when it clearly isn't? Here's my rug > sl/ca: > > maus:~ # rug sl > > # | Status | Type | Name | URI > --+--------+------+-------------+------------------------------------------ >----- 1 | Active | ZYPP | factory | > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribut... > 2 | Active | YUM | funktronics | > http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:... > 3 | Active | YUM | aj-zen | > ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/people/aj/... > 4 | Active | YUM | os-tools | > http://software.opensuse.org/download/openS... > 5 | Active | ZYPP | extra | > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/install/10.2/... > > maus:~ # rug ca > > Sub'd? | Name | Service > -------+-------------+------------ > Yes | funktronics | funktronics > Yes | factory | factory > Yes | aj-zen | aj-zen > Yes | os-tools | os-tools > > | extra | extra --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
