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Description of problem: Fedora 8 DVD is labeled as "Fedora 8 i386 DVD" so it is mounted in "/media/Fedora\ 8\ i386\ DVD/". Trying to add it as a local repository results in an error (probably) because of the spaces in the name. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora -- version 8 with all updates as of 02 march 2008 yum -- version 3.2.8 How reproducible: Set up a local repository with Fedora 8 DVD as the attachment below and then run "yum list available" as root. Using GUI and inserting "file:///media/Fedora\ 8\ i386\ DVD/" results in: file:///media/Fedora%5C%208%5C%20i386%5C%20DVD/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/Fedora\\ 8\\ i386\\ DVD/repodata/repomd.xml' Trying several options for representing spaces but results are always negative; using "file:///media/Fedora\ 8\ i386\ DVD/" inserted from command line with vi results in: Options Error: Error parsing 'file:///media/Fedora\\ 8\\ i386\\ DVD/': URL must be http, ftp, file or https not "" or, without "\": Options Error: Error parsing 'file:///media/Fedora 8 i386 DVD/': URL must be http, ftp, file or https not "" or, using the same line as /etc/mtab, "/media/Fedora\0408\040i386\040DVD/" results in: file:///media/Fedora%5C0408%5C040i386%5C040DVD/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/Fedora\\0408\\040i386\\040DVD/repodata/repomd.xml' so I think there are some problems in parsing path with spaces in it. Steps to Reproduce: 1. insert official DVD or CD or a local repo with spaces in the path; 2. add it as a local repository; 3. try to use it. Actual results: The repo doesn't get recognized. Expected results: Adding the DVD should be a simple (and intuitive) operation. Now it is a headache. What about adding an rpm in the root of the CD / DVD that helps to install it as a local repository? Additional info: Unmounting the DVD and mounting in a directory without spaces in the name and correcting the .repo file accordingly results in the repo working perfectly.
Created attachment 296505 [details] Not working Fedora DVD ".repo" file
Mmm... sorry... another try solved the problem: inserting in the GUI the line "file:///media/Fedora 8 i386 DVD/" results in successfully adding the local repository. However the whole procedure is quite counterintuitive and it is quite easy to make mistakes (for example because Konqueror opens the DVD as "system:/media/sr1", but Pirut doesn't support this kind of addresses).
Sorry... I recorrect myself. For some strange reason Pirut didn't give errore when I first entered the repo as "file:///media/Fedora 8 i386 DVD/" but packages are not listed and now I get the previous error so I reopen the bug as it is not solved.
in your yum repo file try this: file:///media/Fedora%208%20i386%20DVD/ see if that does it for you.
Created attachment 296509 [details] Working Fedora DVD .repo file
Thank you... that works. However the whole thing should be managed in a better way. For example this is what I experienced: adding the line you suggested me in Pirut triggered the same error. I looked into the .repo file and found that it generated this line: baseurl = file:///media/Fedora%25208%2520i386%2520DVD/ I fixed manually with the value you gave me and now it work perfectly. I looked back into Pirut and it showed: "file:///media/Fedora 8 i386 DVD/". I remodified it with the "%20"s and it continued to work (???), although in the .repo file there is the wrong line: baseurl = file:///media/Fedora%25208%2520i386%2520DVD/ I then tried to put a random (and not valid) path string in Pirut and it continued to work. That means that if you modify a (working) repository from within Pirut it doesn't check for correctness anymore until you restart it. Should I file a bug report against Pirut? I attached the working .repo file.
This is a "feature" of yum, if yum has loaded the metadata from a repo. and you change the repo. path then yum doesn't care and won't use it because all the repo. MD is already there (even if you get a package from a repo. the path and url to the package is already in memory, so again it won't consult the repo. dir path). We could either check the path in pirut, or even do some kind of re-test in yum itself ... but atm. it's expected behaviour.
I found a much straightforward method to use the installation DVD: just copy the "media.repo" included in the root of the DVD to /etc/yum.repos.d/. However there should be a simpler graphical way from Pirut to add CD / DVD medias. I think this bug could be closed.