ANPM database error

[Eugene Tucker]

It worked for me as well.

[Mark Szkolnicki]

Heh David!

Even the 2Rosenthals repo doesn't work for me - same 'disk image is malformed' error as with the netlabs-rel repo - even after a yum cleaning. So the bit rot seems to be spreading. The ArcaNoae-rel repo Dave suggests only has about a dozen or so files listed (which was already installed here).

 This situation is very bad...

Regards,

Are you sure that the Netlabs-Rel repository is really disabled?

The only reason I ask is that I decided to also update the 5.0.7 partition to 5.0.8 on my system, and in the process it decided to re-enable netlabs-rel, giving me the image is malformed window yet again.

Disabling the Netlabs-rel repository yet again, and enabling 2rosenthals, everything went back to normal again.

One has to be disabled (netlabs-rel) while the other is enabled (2rosenthals) - otherwise you get the same message - at least I experienced that, twice.

Also are you using this link Dave provided in the new repo (and BTW the new repo listing does not have to be named 2rosenthals - I did that myself as Lewis has been a huge supporter of all of this, essentially creating ArcaOS - the name can be anything you like, but the Repo URL that works for me remains:

https://repos.arcanoae.com/release/$releasever/

Best!

M

[Digi]

Are you sure that the Netlabs-Rel repository is really disabled?

It doesn't help me. Enabled repositories in my list:
https://repos.arcanoae.com/release/$releasever/
https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

[Dave Yeo]

Try disabling https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

All my Arca related entries are repos.arcanoae.com based

[David McKenna]

 The 2Rosenthals repo gives the same 'malformed' error here as the netl;abs-rel repo (which I would expect if it is a mirror). I already had the arcanoae-rel repo installed, but it doesn't have the same files as the netlabs-rel repo. Dave, I'm curious what you get if in ANPM, you click on 'Available'->'RPM' in the left pane, then in the 'repositories' dropdown at upper right, click on 'arcanoae-rel'. Here I just get a list of about 12 packages

Regards,

[Digi]

Try disabling https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

All my Arca related entries are repos.arcanoae.com based

Yes, it works without 2rosenthals. But there are not enough packages on repos.arcanoae.com.

[Mark Szkolnicki]

Hi Digi!

Try disabling https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

All my Arca related entries are repos.arcanoae.com based

Yes, it works without 2rosenthals. But there are not enough packages on repos.arcanoae.com.

I see what you and David are talking about now - in ANPM your referring to the "available" files that you don't have installed - I also get 12 files listed - I was looking at the "installed" files, of which I have roughly 250 installed, and as of last week I could update them.

I still have one update listed in the installed files - QT5. When I attempt to download that I get the following window message:

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Error with transaction check vs depsolve:qt5-multimedia is needed by qt5-15.2-1,oc00.noarchqt5-qtwebsockets is needed by qt5-15.2-1,oc00.noarch. Please report this error at https://github.com/bitwiseworks/rpm-issues.

______________

So I agree with you - something is broken in the repo referenced, mirror or otherwise.

Best!

Mark

[Dave Yeo]

Yes, same as Mark, sorry for miss leading people.

[Digi]

I see what you and David are talking about now - in ANPM your referring to the "available" files that you don't have installed - I also get 12 files listed - I was looking at the "installed" files, of which I have roughly 250 installed, and as of last week I could update them.

Once again, arcanoae-rel lacks many packages that are on netlabs-rel.

[Steven Levine]

A couple of comments which hopefully will reduce the confusion rather than increase it.

The correct repository URLs can be found at

  https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/anpm

The link to the Arca Noae mirror of the netlabs-rel repo is

  https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

which decodes to
   
  https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/

The repo URLs that contain repos.arcanoae.com only apply to Arca Noae supplied packages.  They cannot be used to install netlabs supplied packages.

The netlabs-rel repo is at

  http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/
 
which decodes to

   http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/

The mirror content is close but not exactly the same as what's at netlabs.  It's supposed to be, but perhaps the netlabs server issues caused the mirror operation to fail in some ways.  This would be a question for Lewis.

Lewis is building the yum metadata locally until netlabs is fully back in service.  This metadata will only include files that the mirror contains.

If someone needs to install a specific package not known to the mirror, you can download the rpm package from the netlabs repo and use anpm or rpm to install it.  For those using the pentium4 platform, the netlabs rpms are at

  http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/pentium4/

These do not seem to be affected the netlabs server issues.

[Eugene Tucker]

Thank you Steven Levine.

[Mark Szkolnicki]

Hi Steve!

A couple of comments which hopefully will reduce the confusion rather than increase it.

The correct repository URLs can be found at

  https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/anpm

The link to the Arca Noae mirror of the netlabs-rel repo is at

  https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/

which decodes to
   
  https://www.2rosenthals.com/rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/

The repo URLs that contain repos.arcanoae.com only apply to Arca Noae supplied packages.  They cannot be used to install netlabs supplied packages.

The netlabs-rel repo is at

  http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/$releasever/$basearch/
 
which decodes to

   http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/

The mirror content is close but not exactly the same as what's at netlabs.  It's supposed to be, but perhaps the netlabs server issues caused the mirror operation to fail in some ways.  This would be a question for Lewis.

Lewis is building the yum metadata locally until netlabs is fully back in service.  This metadata will only include files that the mirror contains.

If someone needs to install a specific package not known to the mirror, you can download the rpm package from the netlabs repo and use anpm or rpm to install it.  For those using the pentium4 platform, the netlabs rpms are at

  http://rpm.netlabs.org/release/00/i386/pentium4/

These do not seem to be affected the netlabs server issues.

I don't think we corresponded in the past, Steve - Martin pointed out that I confused you with Steve Wendt in a previous incarnation of this post, so I've corrected the error - sorry if it caused any confusion

I'm not a programmer per se - but I am an Emergency Response Troubleshooter, and have been a beta tester for years. So I was musing on your post here and decided to try a number of experiments.

I created repositories for both the mirror and the decode links you posted, in ANPM separately (4 separate repositories), as a test for both the 2rosenthals/arcanoae and netlabs links. I then enabled each separately, while disabling all the other repositories I had. What I got in each when it ran was the "Disk Image is malformed" message.

IOW I was not able to create a more definitive files list of downloads, using any of the four links you provided. Someone else may want to try what I did, to confirm what my findings were this evening. I trained as a scientist, so it doesn't mean that what I did did not work - if someone else gets a repo working, with the links you provided, I would be more than happy to test again.

The only one which still seems to work was the original link Dave Yeo posted - and still only contained the 12 files mentioned previously.

I have corresponded with Lewis in the past occasionally, but as you probably know I'm not part of the global ArcaNoae development team, so I may report this directly to see if he has any bright ideas.

Thanks for the additional information, Sir and Best!

M

[Martin Iturbide]

Hello Mark

I think we corresponded in the past a few times over the last couple of decades when you were doing OS/2 News and Rumors

I think that on this case you are confusing Steve Levine, OS/2 software developer, with Steve Wendt, creator of the OS/2 News and Rumors site. But anyways, both Steve had done excellent work within the community. 

Regards

[Mark Szkolnicki]

Hi Martin!

Hello Mark

I think we corresponded in the past a few times over the last couple of decades when you were doing OS/2 News and Rumors

I think that on this case you are confusing Steve Levine, OS/2 software developer, with Steve Wendt, creator of the OS/2 News and Rumors site. But anyways, both Steve had done excellent work within the community. 

Regards

You are indeed correct Sir and I apologize to Steve for the error, and I will correct the post.

Best!

Mark

[Mark Szkolnicki]

Hi All!

I re-enabled netlabs-rel this morning to run some tests and all the previous RPMs and more seem to be available again.

Can anyone else confirm?

I also went over to the ANPM wiki today and tried the "official stable release" URL for arcanoae-rel, and found only the same 12 files listed, reason unknown. As an emergency planner I think Lewis and the Arca Noae folks should make sure that the stable RPM's are also maintained regularly on arcanoae-rel as well as at least an emergency  back-up, if it hasn't been in the past.

Mirrors are fine, but the problems Adrian has been having pointed out a serious flaw in maintaining ANPM.

Plan to have an email chat with Lewis in future and Best!

M