Public bug reported:
1) The release of Ubuntu in use: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 2) The version of the package (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zypper/+bug/1638306): $ LANG=C apt-cache policy zypper zypper: Installed: 1.12.4-1build1 Candidate: 1.12.4-1build1 Version table: *** 1.12.4-1build1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.12.4-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 3) What was expected to happen: zypper should work with the official opensuse repositories 4) What happened instead: zypper failed to build the cache (NB the commands below are part of the /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-opensuse script, tested w/ v13.2, but v42.x yield the same errors) [...] + echo 'Downloading opensuse minimal ...' Downloading opensuse minimal ... + mkdir -p /var/cache/lxc/opensuse/13.2/partial-x86_64-packages + zypper --quiet --root /var/cache/lxc/opensuse/13.2/partial-x86_64-packages --non-interactive ar http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ repo-oss [...] + zypper --quiet --root /var/cache/lxc/opensuse/13.2/partial-x86_64-packages --non-interactive ar http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/ update + zypper --quiet --root /var/cache/lxc/opensuse/13.2/partial-x86_64-packages --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys update Error building the cache: [repo-oss|http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL Warning: The metadata cache needs to be built for the 'repo-oss' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. Error building the cache: [update|http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL Warning: The metadata cache needs to be built for the 'update' repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this. [...] ** Affects: zypper (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639428 Title: zypper doesn't work with official opensuse repositories To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zypper/+bug/1639428/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
