Re: Persistent problems trying to update from leap 15.6 to 16.0
"Fortier, Josef" <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:24:52 -0500
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--0000000000006ea3c40657eed2a4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For anyone else running into this, here is a fix that seems to work..... delete all the repo files (backup as appropriate) create a new set (of two) [repo-non-oss] name=3DopenSUSE-Leap-16.0-Oss enabled=3D1 autorefresh=3D1 baseurl=3D https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo= /non-oss/x86_64/ type=3Drpm-md keeppackages=3D0 and a corresponding repo-oss version zypper clean --all zypper ref --force zypper dup (note, no --releasever flag) The key for me was realizing the the SSL version was different than the CDN non-ssl version I'd be happy to contact some maintainers, but I currently do not know who to contact (forgive my ignorance) On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 1:59=E2=80=AFPM Fortier, Josef <[email protected]= u> wrote: > The link also works for me. > But, I've reattempted the opensuse-migration-tool (on a fresh snapshot) > after reading your response with exactly the same issue. > > On the terminal screen that opensuse-migration-tool spawns I'm seeing > normal activity until > > Retrieving: system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm > .........................................................................= .....................................................<64%>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D[| > (90 B/s)] > With no progress. > This is exactly the behavior I've been seeing for the last 2 weeks. > In /var/logs/zypper.log I see > 2026-07-31 13:45:46 <1> horkus(15045) [zypp::media++] > MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopyFromMirror):671 URL: > http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/rep= o/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm > What's noticable about this, is that the qualifier is > http > and not https (as in the URL you posted). > So.. I'm trying to download the non-ssl URL > And... I see exactly the same behavior, the download starts, but stalls o= ut > (oddly the file itself is very small) > > Re-enforcing this, if I remote the SSL qualifier above and get a director= y > listing > > http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/rep= o/oss/noarch/ > I can see a lot of files, but I do *not* see in the directory listing > system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm > This suggests, to me at least, that I need to force SSL > Are you seeing something different. > > The error is very consistent. It has been stalling out on this file for > weeks. > I'm not sure what else I can report to clarify things further. > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 1:25=E2=80=AFPM Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail= .com> > wrote: > >> 31.07.2026 21:04, Fortier, Josef wrote: >> > For the last 2 1/2 weeks I've been trying to update a headless VM to >> leap >> > 16.0 >> > It's never successfully worked. >> > To be fair, I successfully completed an update about 2 months ago, but >> > scratched it, as I did not realize that wickedd was not supported (and >> that >> > I should migrate before the pdate). >> > >> > I've been doing in-place/online updates since opensuse 42 (at least tw= o >> > years before leap) with small but easily manageable issues. >> > >> > I've used the opensuse-migration-tool >> > I've done a zypper dup >> > I get very consistent failures downloading >> > system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm >> > >> > This seems like it'd be a bad CDN mirror. >> > I've never had to deal with this before, and I'd assumed that all I'd >> have >> > to do is wait it out. But going on 3 weeks seems quite long. >> > >> > The mirror seems relavant, but I've never tried to tweak this before. >> > By default the CDN wants to serve from >> > ftp.ussg.iu.edu >> > and the file really does appear to be missing there. >> >> The >> >> https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/r= epo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm >> downloads for me. >> >> > I can see the file at >> > >> http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss= /noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm >> > But I cannot successfully download it. >> > >> >> "It does not work" is rather poor description. >> >> > Can anyone give me some understanding of what is going on, and >> (hopefully) >> > what I can do to resolve this? >> > >> > >> >> Use another mirror, ask admins of mirrors where you see the problems, >> talk to support of your ISP. It all depends on what exactly happens when >> you try to download. >> >> >> https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/sys= tem-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm.mirrorlist >> gives you the list of mirrors which SUSE believes have this file, try to >> manually download it and place in the cache >> (/var/cache/zypp/packages/<repository-name>/noarch). >> > > > -- > _________________________________________________________________________= _ > Josef Fortier > Systems Administrator > [email protected] > Phone: 612-330-1479 > _________________________________________________________________________= _ > --=20 __________________________________________________________________________ Josef Fortier Systems Administrator [email protected] Phone: 612-330-1479 __________________________________________________________________________ --0000000000006ea3c40657eed2a4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial na= rrow,sans-serif">For anyone else running into this, here is a fix that seem= s to work.....<br><br>delete all the repo files (backup as appropriate)<br>= create a new set (of two)<br><br>[repo-non-oss]<br>name=3DopenSUSE-Leap-16.= 0-Oss<br>enabled=3D1<br>autorefresh=3D1<br>baseurl=3D<a href=3D"https://ftp= .ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x8= 6_64/">https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16= .0/repo/non-oss/x86_64/</a><br>type=3Drpm-md<br>keeppackages=3D0<br><br>and= a corresponding repo-oss version<br><br>zypper clean --all<br>zypper ref -= -force<br>zypper dup<br>(note, no --releasever flag)<br><br>The key for me = was realizing the the SSL version was different than the CDN non-ssl versio= n<br><br>I'd be happy to contact some maintainers, but I currently do n= ot know who to contact (forgive my ignorance)</div></div><br><div class=3D"= gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On= Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 1:59=E2=80=AFPM Fortier, Josef <<a href=3D"mailto:= [email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockqu= ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px= solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gm= ail_default" style=3D"font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"></di= v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:"arial narrow"= ;,sans-serif"></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif">The link also works for me= .<br>But, I've reattempted the opensuse-migration-tool (on a fresh snap= shot) after reading your response with exactly the same issue.<br><br>On th= e terminal screen that opensuse-migration-tool spawns I'm seeing normal= activity until<br><br>Retrieving: system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noa= rch.rpm ...................................................................= ...........................................................<64%>=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D[| (90 B/s)]<br= >With no progress.<br>This is exactly the behavior I've been seeing for= the last 2 weeks.<br>In /var/logs/zypper.log I see<br>2026-07-31 13:45:46 = <1> horkus(15045) [zypp::media++] MediaCurl.cc(getFileCopyFromMirror)= :671 URL: <a href=3D"http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distrib= ution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch= .rpm" target=3D"_blank">http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/dist= ribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noa= rch.rpm</a><br>What's noticable about this, is that the qualifier is<br= >http<br>and not https (as in the URL you posted).<br>So.. I'm trying t= o download the non-ssl URL<br>And... I see exactly the same behavior, the d= ownload starts, but stalls out<br>(oddly the file itself is very small)<br>= <br>Re-enforcing this, if I remote the SSL qualifier above and get a direct= ory listing<br><a href=3D"http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/di= stribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/" target=3D"_blank">http://ftp.ussg.iu= .edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/</a><br= >I can see a lot of files, but I do *not* see in the directory listing<br>s= ystem-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm<br>This suggests, to me at l= east, that I need to force SSL<br>Are you seeing something different.<br><b= r>The error is very consistent. It has been stalling out on this file for w= eeks.<br>I'm not sure what else I can report to clarify things further.= <br><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 1:25=E2=80=AFPM Andrei Borzenkov &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">arvidjaar@gmail.= com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg= in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e= x">31.07.2026 21:04, Fortier, Josef wrote:<br> > For the last 2 1/2 weeks I've been trying to update a headless VM = to leap<br> > 16.0<br> > It's never successfully worked.<br> > To be fair, I successfully completed an update about 2 months ago, but= <br> > scratched it, as I did not realize that wickedd was not supported (and= that<br> > I should migrate before the pdate).<br> > <br> > I've been doing in-place/online updates since opensuse 42 (at leas= t two<br> > years before leap) with small but easily manageable issues.<br> > <br> > I've used the opensuse-migration-tool<br> > I've done a zypper dup<br> > I get very consistent failures downloading<br> > system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm<br> > <br> > This seems like it'd be a bad CDN mirror.<br> > I've never had to deal with this before, and I'd assumed that = all I'd have<br> > to do is wait it out. But going on 3 weeks seems quite long.<br> > <br> > The mirror seems relavant, but I've never tried to tweak this befo= re.<br> > By default the CDN wants to serve from<br> > <a href=3D"http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank= ">ftp.ussg.iu.edu</a><br> > and the file really does appear to be missing there.<br> <br> The <br> <a href=3D"https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/lea= p/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/op= ensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160= 000.2.2.noarch.rpm</a> <br> downloads for me.<br> <br> > I can see the file at<br> > <a href=3D"http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/distribution/leap/= 16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/opensuse/= distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2= .noarch.rpm</a><br> > But I cannot successfully download it.<br> > <br> <br> "It does not work" is rather poor description.<br> <br> > Can anyone give me some understanding of what is going on, and (hopefu= lly)<br> > what I can do to resolve this?<br> > <br> > <br> <br> Use another mirror, ask admins of mirrors where you see the problems, <br> talk to support of your ISP. It all depends on what exactly happens when <b= r> you try to download.<br> <br> <a href=3D"https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/no= arch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm.mirrorlist" rel=3D"nor= eferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/= 16.0/repo/oss/noarch/system-user-root-20190513-160000.2.2.noarch.rpm.mirror= list</a> <br> gives you the list of mirrors which SUSE believes have this file, try to <b= r> manually download it and place in the cache <br> (/var/cache/zypp/packages/<repository-name>/noarch).<br> </blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><span class= =3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s= ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">________________________________________________= __________________________<br><div><div>Josef Fortier</div><div>Systems Adm= inistrator</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a></div><div>Phone: 612-330-1479</div><div>______= ____________________________________________________________________</div><= /div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><span class= =3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s= ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">________________________________________________= __________________________<br><div><div>Josef Fortier</div><div>Systems Adm= inistrator</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a></div><div>Phone: 612-330-1479</div><div>______= ____________________________________________________________________</div><= /div></div></div> --0000000000006ea3c40657eed2a4--