Re: Persistent problems trying to update from leap 15.6 to 16.0

01.08.2026 00:24, Fortier, Josef wrote:
> 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=openSUSE-Leap-16.0-Oss
> enabled=1
> autorefresh=1
> baseurl=
> https://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64/
> type=rpm-md
> keeppackages=0
> 
> 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
> 

Well, also plain HTTP form this server still loads fine here which 
indicates a problem is specific to your location.

> 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 PM Fortier, Josef <[email protected]> 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%>=======================================================================[|
>> (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/repo/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 out
>> (oddly the file itself is very small)
>>
>> Re-enforcing this, if I remote the SSL qualifier above and get a directory
>> listing
>>
>> http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/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

I do. Again, sounds like a problem specific to your location.

My DNS resolves ftp.ussg.iu.edut to the 149.165.156.103. Do you also 
connect to the same address?

>> 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 PM Andrei Borzenkov <[email protected]>
>> 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 two
>>>> 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/repo/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/system-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
>> __________________________________________________________________________
>>
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