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openSUSE 11.2 - not usable for corporate users

Posted Nov 19, 2009 17:21 UTC (Thu) by morhippo (subscriber, #334)
Parent article: openSUSE 11.2

Too bad it can't be updated behind an authenticated http proxy - useless in most corporate settings. I tried messing around with the settings in yast and .curlrc as suggested, but this did not help and the known bug has not been fixed for a long time.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227511

It's a WONTFIX actually, that prevents any serious commercial use of this distribution... I mean come-on - no updates behind an authenticated proxy?

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openSUSE 11.2 - not usable for corporate users

Posted Nov 19, 2009 18:07 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

Here's your chance to save the world :-)

openSUSE 11.2 - not usable for corporate users

Posted Nov 23, 2009 1:48 UTC (Mon) by roblucid (subscriber, #48964) [Link]

There's actually 2 alternatives recommended in that bug report, to using the "Updater" Aplet.

1) Using zypper, "zypper up" updates system, "zypper pach" should work quicker and seems intended to install updates with security or recommended bug fixes.

2) Use YaST Online Update - A GUI tool similar

What corporate would insist the desktop user, needs to have a functioning "Updater Aplet"? The title to this comment seems an exaggeration to me.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227511#c26 shows update through authenticating proxy got fixed, even if the "Updater Aplet" wasn't.

If you looked at .curlrc when trying 11.2 release, then it was probably wasted time, as curl(1) has been replaced with aria2c by the package update stack.

openSUSE 11.2 - not usable for corporate users your eye

Posted Nov 24, 2009 20:15 UTC (Tue) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

In fact, as a corporate IT Director, I don't *want* workstations just going off promiscuously and pulling down upgrades I haven't had a chance to *test* yet, so I'm quite happy to hear about this. :-)