[Slackbuilds-users] .../sbo/repo exists and is not empty. Exiting.

[Habs]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024, Jim wrote:

> On Fri, Oct  4, 2024 at 12:16 (+0100), Habs wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024, Jim wrote:
>
>>> On Wed, Oct  2, 2024 at 20:27 (+0100), Habs wrote:
>
>>>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024, Jim wrote:
>
>>>>> Hi,
>
>>>>> every now and then when I run sbocheck it says
>>>>> Updating SlackBuilds tree...
>>>>> and then nothing else happens.  Eventually, I ^C and I get
>>>>>        ^CCould not sync from https://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/.
>
>>>>> But then when I try it again, I get
>>>>>        .../sbo/repo exists and is not empty. Exiting.
>>>>> (where "..." is the path to when I keep it that is not of interest).
>
>>>>> Aside from deleting the repository and downloading the whole thing again, is
>>>>> there a better way of recovering from this problem?
>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Jim
>
>>>> good day
>
>>>> do you have the REPO value set in the .conf file
>>>> it has been said that having it set helps stability
>
>>>> this is used here and has worked fine for a long time:
>>>> REPO=https://gitlab.com/SlackBuilds.org/slackbuilds.git
>
>>> Yes, I have
>>> REPO=https://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/
>>> and have had that for quite a while.
>
>>> Jim
>
>
>> That REPO line url you have, does not point to a repository as such...it is
>> like an index/header page.  If it worked previously I can't offer an
>> explanation, however, if you put in the address you have and then the one I
>> supplied and take a look ...  as per the sbotools instructions, the URL has
>> to point to a correctly formatted specific repository.
>
>> Hope that helps.
>
>
>[snipped]
> Just for completeness, I did not pull the URL I am currently using out of
> thin air, someone (I believe on this list) suggested that some time ago.
>
>                                Jim
>

Nor did I pull one out of 'thin air' and I have had odd problems prior to 
using it.

Leave you to it and someone who can help you.


Regards

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