[Users] Repos/mirrors & 7.0.12

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks for this info!  This type of things seems like something worth of 
updating the mailing list, but alas, communication has always been poor 
when it comes to vz7.

On 12/16/2019 6:11 PM, Alexey Zilber wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
>   I asked the same question on the dev list and this was the response 
> below.  Btw, if you're having issues, do a yum clean all.
>
> On 12/13/2019 06:07 AM, Alexey Zilber wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>        I notice that there is some funkiness going on with the repo
>     metadata.  A lot of times when I do a 'yum update' I get a message
>     saying my local cache is newer than the repo.   If I try to
>     install a specific package, I'll get errors like:
>
>     debian-10.0-x86_64-ez-7.0.0-9. FAILED
>
>     http://mirror.zetup.net/openvz/virtuozzo/releases/7.0/x86_64/os/Packages/d/debian-10.0-x86_64-ez-7.0.0-9.vz7.noarch.rpm:
>     [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found   ]  0.0 B/s |    0
>     B  --:--:-- ETA
>
>     Trying other mirror.
>
>
>     The package will never be found on any mirror.
>
>
>     The only way forward is to do a 'yum clean all', then everything
>     is fine... until a few weeks later, when the same thing happens
>     again.  Are the repos going through some major changes?
>
>
> Hi Alexey,
>
> well, i can explain the current situation:
> we've uploaded vz7 update 12 bits recently
> https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/openvz-7.0.12-283/ 
> <https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/openvz-7.0.12-283/x86_64/os/Packages/d/>
>
> but found a memory leak on vz7.116.6 kernel if running VMs and as 
> OpenVZ users cannot fix kernel issues via ReadyKernel patches,
> we decided to roll back update 12 bits in repo until we have it fixed.
>
> This explains the situation with particular 
> debian-10.0-x86_64-ez-7.0.0-9 rpm:
> it presents in update 12 repo
> https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/openvz-7.0.12-283/x86_64/os/Packages/d/
>
> but absents in update 11 repo
> https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/openvz-7.0.11-235/x86_64/os/Packages/d/
>
>
> But this is quite exceptional case, this does not explain why (if) it 
> happens to you often, the reason should be something else.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Konstantin Khorenko,
> Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2019, 11:24 PM Jonathan Wright <jonathan at knownhost.com 
> <mailto:jonathan at knownhost.com>> wrote:
>
>     Has this been pulled or what?  7.0.12 seems to be flip flopping
>     and is
>     in repos one day, and gone the next.
>
>     Why is there constant uncertainty surrounding vz7 repos, random
>     cases of
>     repos dying for a week at a time, etc.  Who is running this show?
>
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