Bug 162063 - YAST2 cannot create installation source on local directory
Summary: YAST2 cannot create installation source on local directory
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168358
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 8
Hardware: 32bit Linux
: P5 - None : Major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Stanislav Visnovsky
QA Contact: Stanislav Visnovsky
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Reported: 2006-03-30 03:00 UTC by Metric US
Modified: 2006-04-26 08:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Found By: Beta-Customer
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Attachments
/var/log/YaST2 directory (2.64 MB, application/x-tgz)
2006-03-30 15:42 UTC, Metric US 		Details
/var/log/YaST2 (1.57 MB, application/x-tgz)
2006-04-22 18:33 UTC, Martin Schlander 		Details
find <dir> output as requested (1.03 KB, text/plain)
2006-04-26 08:08 UTC, Martin Schlander 		Details
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Description Metric US 2006-03-30 03:00:53 UTC 
When trying to add an installation source from a local dir in YAST2 system reports: Unable to create installation source from URL /xxx

Also in Konqueror if I try to click the button" Use Directory as Source with Yast" the system prompts for root passwd and then reports "directory added" but the catalogue still does not display the dir as source.
Comment 1 Metric US 2006-03-30 03:02:53 UTC 
Bottom line there is no way to add a source or install a package under GUI (KDE). Install package with Yast does not work either in Konqueror.
Comment 2 Michael Gross 2006-03-30 10:36:30 UTC 
Please attach /var/log/YaST2 as tarball here.
Comment 3 Metric US 2006-03-30 15:42:14 UTC 
Created attachment 75800 [details]
/var/log/YaST2 directory

Attached as requested
Comment 4 Metric US 2006-03-30 16:06:48 UTC 
Just to clarify my previous comment.

Installing a package from Konqueror (click on the rpm and then click on "Install package with YAST") does not work since 10.1 b3. The way I was going around this issue was to save the rpm locally and then to add that directory as YAST source. Now, in b8 I see that this method does not work either.

Hence there is no way to install an RPM with GUI.
Comment 5 Michael Gross 2006-03-31 09:47:10 UTC 
The first issue is known and should soon be fixed.
Reassigning.
Comment 6 Klaus Kämpf 2006-04-03 14:45:42 UTC 
Fixed after Beta9
Comment 7 Martin Schlander 2006-04-22 18:28:55 UTC 
Reopening bug.

Actually it may be two different (related?) bugs. Not sure.

On rc2 I cannot add "Local Directory" to YaST installation source-module. I get the error "Unable to add URL, try again?". If I right click on folder > actions > "add directory as a source to yast", it says "Source added" - but no source is added to the installation source-module.

Also I cannot install an rpm. Neither by clicking on it in konqueror > install package with yast nor by right-clicking > actions > install with yast. I get the error message "another process is accessing the package database. Package management will not work!".
Comment 8 Martin Schlander 2006-04-22 18:33:03 UTC 
Created attachment 79570 [details]
/var/log/YaST2
Comment 10 Stanislav Visnovsky 2006-04-26 07:13:17 UTC 
Ad installing the database - there is another process accessing the package management -> correct behavior.

Please, attach the file list of the source directory you want to add (e.g. output of 'find <dir>' )
Comment 11 Martin Schlander 2006-04-26 08:08:52 UTC 
Created attachment 80134 [details]
find <dir> output as requested

This is the same folder as the original one - but on a different location - as I had moved it in the meantime. Before getting the find-output I tested again and the folder can still not be added as a local directory-yast source.
Comment 12 Stanislav Visnovsky 2006-04-26 08:28:20 UTC 
OK, plain dir source.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168358 ***