Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM From: "Henne Vogelsang" <[email protected]> > > On 10/16/25 17:04, Luigi Baldoni wrote: > > > the Leap 16.0 packages are now being mirrored thanks to Marc Schiffbauer, > > but I've noticed that the uncrippled versions of the ffmpeg libraries are > > missing. > > Problem is, it's no longer possible to link to the relevant OBS package > > since development for Leap 16/SLFO has moved to src.opensuse.org > > `osc linkpac` works without problem for openSUSE.org:openSUSE:Leap:16.0 > > What is it you are missing? Using branch in the PMBS UI?
If so, what am I doing wrong here? `$ osc -A https://pmbs-api.links2linux.de linkpac openSUSE.org:openSUSE:Leap:16.0 ffmpeg-7 home:Aloysius:branches:Essentials `Server returned an error: HTTP Error 404: remote error package 'ffmpeg-7' does not exist in project 'openSUSE Leap 16.0'` `remote error: package 'ffmpeg-7' does not exist in project 'openSUSE Leap 16.0'` > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM > From: "Eric Schirra" <[email protected]> > > Please don't do that. I absolutely advise against it, unless it's absolutely > necessary. > The git story is terrible. It doesn't really work. For me as a packager, it > offers absolutely no added value. It just seems to involve a lot more effort. > There is no useful documentation. I tried it two or three times according to > the documentation, but I kept getting error messages. I share your frustration and I've experienced the same problems. So far I've been uploading my changes via web. But I see no alternative if regular links can't be created. I've tried adding a <scmsync> tag to an empty package, but it's not (yet?) available on PMBS. > I don't understand the point of it at all. From what I've been told, it simplifies things SUSE-side. Regards _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] https://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
