Bug 7541

Summary:	Net installer skips packages that can't be downloaded
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	rh hn <mabuac.rhn>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, rwobben, thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	3beta4
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Installation message

Description rh hn 2012-09-21 21:54:59 CEST

Description of problem:
When encountering trouble with downloading a package, the installer asks the user whether to skip or cancel installation.
Temporary connectivity problems are expected, but sometimes undetected until the message appears.
The expected behaviour is to add a "retry" option to the dialog.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 2 all-nonfree.img

How reproducible:
At least once


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start network installation.
2. Begin installing packages.
3. Pull network cable.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-23 20:50:31 CEST

and what do you suggest ?

provide also the file /root/drakx/report.bug.gz as an attachment if you have one

Comment 2 rh hn 2012-09-23 22:40:34 CEST

Sorry, no report.bug.gz
The installer stops when the package download fails. The user has to notice it and figures out something is wrong with the network. The user fixes the network and wants to retry downloading the package.

I suggest adding a "retry" button.

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-11 16:33:22 CET

You didn't got a popup offering you to retry?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 roelof Wobben 2013-01-07 09:32:38 CET

@rh : Can you give a respons to comment 3 otherwise we have to close this bug.

Roelof

CC: (none) => r.wobben

Comment 5 rh hn 2013-01-07 09:51:36 CET

Sorry, I forgot about answering. No, I didn't get a retry popup. The popup I got asked me whether to skip the package or to cancel installation.

Comment 6 rh hn 2013-03-30 13:43:17 CET

The bug is still present in Mageia 3 beta 4.

Comment 7 rh hn 2013-03-30 13:44:43 CET

Created attachment 3675 [details]
Installation message

The installation was an upgrade of Beta 2, possible that internet connection went down for a few seconds.

Comment 8 rh hn 2013-03-30 13:45:57 CET

Typo: the screenshot comes from Mageia 3 Beta 4

Comment 9 Marja Van Waes 2013-03-31 17:22:09 CEST

(In reply to rh hn from comment #7)
> Created attachment 3675 [details]
> Installation message
> 
> The installation was an upgrade of Beta 2, possible that internet connection
> went down for a few seconds.

No, while you were installing version lib64kms1-2.4.42-1 was replaced on the mirror by lib64kms1-2.4.43-1.mga3.x86_64.rpm (from libdrm-2.4.43-1.mga3.src.rpm) that was committed yesterday at 12:33h by tmb

That happens a lot while doing a network cauldron install. There is probably a better way to deal with this than what I do: continuing installation as far as possible and then using the boot.iso to do an upgrade install (again)

@ tv

what is the proper way to update the urpmi database while installing?

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
CC: (none) => marja11
Version: 2 => Cauldron
Whiteboard: (none) => 3beta4

Comment 10 Marja Van Waes 2013-03-31 17:26:35 CEST

of course the package was pushed instead :-/

Comment 11 Dick Gevers 2014-11-28 15:28:21 CET

As marja11 described in #c9 this can easily happen in an install/upgrade to Cauldron when a package is replaced by the next version. But this won't happen in a released version, since any update will go to the update repo. and not to the release repo.

Therefor, although a good report, I close it as wontfix, because it won't appear in a released version. Anyone who disagrees is free to reopen the BR.

Comment 12 Dick Gevers 2014-11-28 15:29:17 CET

Am low in coffee

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX