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"cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"

Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2011, 04:01:23 PM »
OK, this command will replace the missing entry

db yum_repositories setprop smecontribs BaseURL http://mirror.contribs.org/pub/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/$basearch

No, that command will not do what you want it to do. Because you do not have the URL enclosed in single quotes '', the shell will replace '$basearch' with the value of the 'basearch' shell variable - IOW, with nothing. So BaseURL will be set to http://mirror.contribs.org/pub/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/. But as previously noted, BaseURL will be ignored anyway.

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2011, 03:01:13 AM »
i think maybe the site is DOWN? i try to search this link "http://mirror.contribs.org/pub/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/" the error is 404 Not Found..

Offline DragonDon

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2011, 04:03:56 AM »
Charlie,

You have helped point us in the right direction but being part of the dev team, you have not made any suggestions on how to go forward.

Are you in agreement with Mary for filing a bug report on this?  Or do you have anything else we can try?

Offline janet

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2011, 06:35:33 AM »
DragonDon,
 
Thanks Charlie

DragonDon
Try this (with single quotes)

db yum_repositories setprop smecontribs BaseURL 'http://mirror.contribs.org/pub/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/$basearch'
followed by
signal-event yum-modify
Please search before asking, an answer may already exist.
The Search & other links to useful information are at top of Forum.

Offline DragonDon

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2011, 11:43:41 AM »
Done but the results are the same.

I guess you figured it out that by now, I have this knack for finding problems that tend to be unique and despite 99% of the rest of the solutions working, it doesn't for me :)

What is the difference between smeaddons and smecontribs?

Offline CharlieBrady

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2011, 05:44:24 PM »
You have helped point us in the right direction but being part of the dev team, you have not made any suggestions on how to go forward.

The dev team identifies and fixes problems which are reported via the bug tracker.

Offline cactus

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2011, 07:20:01 PM »
i think maybe the site is DOWN? i try to search this link "http://mirror.contribs.org/pub/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/" the error is 404 Not Found..
That is because you are using the wrong URL. Why did you put /pub/ in there? It is not supposed to be there.

If you not already did so, you should restore your default repository settings using the instruction in the wiki: http://wiki.contribs.org/Adding_Software#Restoring_Default_Yum_Repositories

After that you should be OK. If that does not work as expected or you observer strange things as you seem to do you should file a bug report instead of keep posting over and over in the forums.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth ~ Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Offline DragonDon

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2011, 07:06:14 AM »
That is because you are using the wrong URL. Why did you put /pub/ in there? It is not supposed to be there.

If you not already did so, you should restore your default repository settings using the instruction in the wiki: http://wiki.contribs.org/Adding_Software#Restoring_Default_Yum_Repositories

After that you should be OK. If that does not work as expected or you observer strange things as you seem to do you should file a bug report instead of keep posting over and over in the forums.

Two things:

1/ WE as users don't PUT anything there.  Whoever programed the software did.

2/  "If that does not work as expected or you observer strange things"  Until we ask here to verify that it is NOT something we have done, questions will be kept on being asked.  It is ludicrous to ask to file a bug report at every little thing.  Especially if using SME is new and the behaviour isn't as expected because the behaviour isn't documented.

So, to be clear.  How should we proceed?  Should we just file a bug report every time 'something doesn't work', or ask here first and possibly get an answer that wasn't obvious from a Google Search?

Offline cactus

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2011, 07:12:36 AM »
1/ WE as users don't PUT anything there.  Whoever programed the software did.
No, wrong, users do install contribs and modify configuration settings, they also influence functionality and file configuration content by this.

2/  "If that does not work as expected or you observer strange things"  Until we ask here to verify that it is NOT something we have done, questions will be kept on being asked.  It is ludicrous to ask to file a bug report at every little thing.  Especially if using SME is new and the behaviour isn't as expected because the behaviour isn't documented.
Diagnosis of functionality that is not behaving as expected is done in the bugtracker as it is a far better suitable tool for the developers to do that. If you want something fixed or diagnosed and are adviced to take it to the bugtracker, please do so, instead of writing posts like the previous.

So, to be clear.  How should we proceed?  Should we just file a bug report every time 'something doesn't work', or ask here first and possibly get an answer that wasn't obvious from a Google Search?
No, but you should file a bug for this particular issue and all other problems with SME Server that causes the software installed from a CD-ROM to malfunction. A message instructiong you to do so is displayed at the top every time you post a message:

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The forums are meant for discussion, best practices and social contact, the bugtracker is for diagnosing issues, documenting fixes and the like.
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Offline DragonDon

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Re: "cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: smeaddons"
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2011, 07:19:21 AM »
No, wrong, users do install contribs and modify configuration settings, they also influence functionality and file configuration content by this.

I didn't and guess what, that /pub/ is there.  So, a bug report on that then?

Diagnosis of functionality that is not behaving as expected is done in the bugtracker as it is a far better suitable tool for the developers to do that. If you want something fixed or diagnosed and are adviced to take it to the bugtracker, please do so, instead of writing posts like the previous.

Duly noted.

No, wrong, users do install contribs and modify configuration settings, they also influence functionality and file configuration content by this.

I didn't and guess what, that /pub/ is there.  So, a bug report on that then?

No, but you should file a bug for this particular issue and all other problems with SME Server that causes the software installed from a CD-ROM to malfunction. A message instructiong you to do so is displayed at the top every time you post a message:

The forums are meant for discussion, best practices and social contact, the bugtracker is for diagnosing issues, documenting fixes and the like.

Understood but until posts back and forth go far enough to understand that it's actually a bug and not simply 'just click here' to fix, sometimes it takes a few posts.  Thanks for the reply.