[tools] mrepo now has YOU support

[Nicole Hähnel]

Dag Wieers schrieb:
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Nicole Hähnel wrote:
>
>   
>> Dag Wieers schrieb:
>>
>>     
>>> To prove that I am still alive and the tool is still evolving, I just
>>> added YOU support (in the form of a youget program) to download updates
>>> from a YOU (Yast Online Update) support.
>>>
>>> This means that it is (theoretically) possible to download updates for
>>> NLD9, SLES9 and possibly some other SuSE distributions with mrepo.
>>>
>>> It works for me on NLD9 and I need people to test it for the other
>>> distributions. Documentation is included.
>>>
>>> The youget tool currently does not have proxy-support and does not have
>>> exception-handling (eg. for network problems etc...). If you have
>>> problems, please let me know so we can strengthen the codebase.
>>>
>>> http://dag.wieers.com/blog/content/mrepo-now-with-you-yast-online-update-support
>>>       
>> I tried mrepo with you on an OpenEnterprise 2 (SLES10) server,
>> but I get an error:
>>
>> oes2:/etc/mrepo.conf.d # mrepo -u
>> sles10-i586: Updating SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (i586)
>> youget: HTTP Error 401: digest auth failed
>> mrepo: Mirroring failed for
>> you://update.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-Updates/sles-10-i586/ with message:
>>  Failed with return code: 256
>> oes2:/etc/mrepo.conf.d #
>>
>> Deviceid and secret files copied to /srv/mrepo/sles10-i586.
>> Any suggestions?
>>     
>
> I haven't tested it myself for OES but it is possible and likely that the
> YOU location for OES is different than the one for SLES10.
>
> One way to find out is to use ssltap to work as a ssl-proxy to the YOU
> server. That way you can spy on the communication between YaST and the YOU
> server.
>
> The digest auth failed can mean one of two things:
>
>  - either the credentials do not exist at the YOU server (meaning that the
>    system credentials wer not properly registered at Novell or there was
>    no subscription to the Updates 'channel')
>
>  - or the wrong location is being used
>
> Since each different (channel) subscription means you have access to a
> single location, it is not possible to make a distinction between the
> wrong location or bad credentials :/
>
> Thanks for testing !
>   

Hi,

it works with OES2 servers on SLES10SP1.
I only had the wrong urls.

updates = you://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES10-SP1-Updates/sles-10-$arch/
updatesoes = you://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/OES2-Updates/sles-10-$arch/

Nicole