On 2010-04-22 at 13:22:00 [+0200], Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 22 April 2010 11:33, Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2010-04-22 at 10:49:02 [+0200], Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> > > wrote: > >> > >> On 2010-04-22 at 07:55:06 [+0200], root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > Error building the cache: > >> > 'repo2solv.sh' '-o' '/var/cache/zypp/solv/monitoring/solv' > >> > '/var/cache/zypp/raw/monitoring' > >> > Unknown checksum type: 108: sha256 > >> > >> Line 108 of repo2solv.sh only contains a "gzip -dc" call. No sha256 > >> checksumming there, so this probably refers to a different script. I > >> assume > >> this has something to do with update check/repository refresh? I'm sure > >> Oliver has a clue. :-) > > > > Yes, I have: basically the SUSE-guys have fucked up several repositories > > we > > are pulling from by switching them to use a checksum type that's not > > supported by the zypper that comes with openSUSE-11.1. > > > > I'm pretty sure if we'd file a bug report they'd say that those repos are > > not > > supported ... (although they are being officially maintained by > > SUSE-people, > > i.e. those are not personal repositories). Oh my, lovely situation. :-/ > > The newer zypper (the one that supports SHA256) is currently only > > available > > for openSUSE-11.2 - just as if we needed one more incentive to upgrade. > > Obviously, we are not going to do that now, with alpha2 just ahead. Indeed. I guess that means postponing the upgrade at least until a few weeks after the alpha 2 release, when things have calmed down again. > OpenSuSE 11.3 seems to be scheduled for July[1]. If we are going to do > a big upgrade, then we might just make a big switch, or not? After a new OpenSuse release I would at least wait for few months before considering it. So maybe upgrading to 11.2 first might not be such a bad idea. CU, Ingo