Bug 1454525

Summary: [RFE] allow passing a mirrorlist/metalink URL for repos instead of baseurl
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dan Callaghan <dcallagh>
Component: rpmdeplintAssignee: Miroslav Vadkerti <mvadkert>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: djc, fzatlouk, jorris, jpopelka, mvadkert
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Fixed In Version: rpmdeplint-2.0~rc3-1.fc39 Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2023-11-03 18:26:14 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Dan Callaghan 2017-05-23 00:21:11 UTC
It turns out that sometimes it is difficult to get a Fedora/EPEL mirror which is in a consistent state and reliably working.

The normal workaround for this is to use Mirrormanager's mirrorlist/metalink which lets librepo try multiple mirrors until it finds one that is not broken. However it's currently not possible to do that with rpmdeplint, since it always expects a specific URL for each repo.

Perhaps instead of:

    --repo=<name>,<baseurl>

it should also accept an option like:

    --repo=<name>,metalink=<url>
    --repo=<name>,mirrorlist=<url>

Or maybe it would be cleaner to add a new separate option:

    --repo-metalink=<name>,<url>
    --repo-mirrorlist=<name>,<url>

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2023-10-02 08:03:57 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a965252f36 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a965252f36

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2023-10-03 03:39:38 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a965252f36 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-a965252f36`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a965252f36

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-11-03 18:26:14 UTC
FEDORA-2023-a965252f36 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.