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YAST keeps listing this error when I try adding the OpenSUSE 10.2 repository for either KDE or Gnome "http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME%3a/STABLE/openSUSE_10.2/ Unknown Error: Downloading metadata failed (is YUM source?) or user did ...
  1. 02-06-2007 #1
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    OpenSUSE metadata repo error?

    YAST keeps listing this error when I try adding the OpenSUSE 10.2 repository for either KDE or Gnome "http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME%3a/STABLE/openSUSE_10.2/
    Unknown Error: Downloading metadata failed (is YUM source?) or user did not accept remote source. Aborting refresh."     The actual Gnome link is http://software.opensuse.org/downloa...openSUSE_10.2/ so I don't know where the "%3a" after the word "GNOME" is being seen. The same "%3a" is also noticed when trying to add the KDE repositories provided on OpenSUSE.org for 10.2. Has anyone else experienced this?
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    Yes I've run into this. Appears it is a 10.2 bug. See this link. If you google the error you'll note that there is some work around but I havn't personnally tried it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rong
    Yes I've run into this. Appears it is a 10.2 bug. See this link. If you google the error you'll note that there is some work around but I havn't personnally tried it.
    The link to the Novell Bugzilla for OpenSUSE 10.2 is for an RC version but the error displayed is similar. I don't believe it's a bug with either YAST or ZMD on OpenSUSE 10.2 but instead a corrupted metadata file which is listed for both the Gnome and KDE repositories at "http://software.opensuse.org/". I entered the same information again today in YAST sources and the repo for Gnome and KDE updated ZMD. The only issue I experienced with adding the repositories today was a warning that the GPG key was unsigned.
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  4. 02-08-2007 #4
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    That's good to know. Thanks for the follow-up info.
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