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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 8.x => Topic started by: mrkiwi on September 27, 2010, 10:19:17 PM
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Hi all,
On this page : http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA there is a section called Setup which tells you how to enable smecontribs to work on SME8betaX so we can test the packages in smecontribs before sme8 is released. I followed these instructions, however there is an important step missing - clearing the yum cache, which i missed and it cost me an hour of wondering why i was still seeing the new contribs repo. So ... can someone tell me how to get this line added to that section;
#now clear the yum cache so that the sme7 contribs is seen;
rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*
Regards,
D
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hi
you can request a wiki access and edit yourself
anyway, I suggest to create a second smecontribs7 repo with:
db yum_repositories set smecontribs7 repository GPGCheck yes MirrorList http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/mirrorlist/smecontribs-7 Name 'SME Server7 - contribs' Visible no status disabled
signal-event yum-modify
in this way you don't have to alter your original repo list
my 2c
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db yum_repositories set smecontribs7 repository GPGCheck yes MirrorList http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/mirrorlist/smecontribs-7 Name 'SME Server7 - contribs' Visible no status disabled
signal-event yum-modify
Thanks Stefano, btw - what does " Visible no " do? I dont see where the repo can be seen or not seen? i've searched for info about this property but i didn't find an answer. I notice that most 'common' repos are set to "visible yes" and most 'extra' repos are set to "visible no"
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Thanks Stefano, btw - what does " Visible no " do? I dont see where the repo can be seen or not seen? i've searched for info about this property but i didn't find an answer. I notice that most 'common' repos are set to "visible yes" and most 'extra' repos are set to "visible no"
sincerely, I don't know.. there's no evidence that variable is used in yum.conf and yum.smerepos.d/sme-base.repo
I hope someone of the dev team could clarify it
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mrkiwi
what does " Visible no " do? I dont see where the repo can be seen or not seen?
It is referring to displaying the repo in the server manager Software update panel, you can see and select repos set to yes, but cannot see those set to no.
It is designed to stop less knowledgeable users from selecting a repo that is not applicable for normal usage of SME server.
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It is referring to displaying the repo in the server manager Software update panel, you can see and select repos set to yes, but cannot see those set to no.
It is designed to stop less knowledgeable users from selecting a repo that is not applicable for normal usage of SME server.
thank you for the clarification Mary, didn't check the web panel source..
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Stefano
No worries, we are all on the same "team".
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There is always something to learn... :)
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#now clear the yum cache so that the sme7 contribs is seen;
rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*
Thats the hard way and last resort option, the easier option is to type:
yum clean all
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Dear All
Updated the wiki with the changes advised in this thread
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA#Setup
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Thats the hard way and last resort option, the easier option is to type:
yum clean all
However according to Shad, this is not necessarily sufficient, and my experience supports this.
See here:
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6179#c17
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However according to Shad, this is not necessarily sufficient, and my experience supports this.
But if you see this bug regarding the rm command:
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6125
I still have my own preferences :) as I know have others.