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Markos Chandras b9e9e2091e Move opensuse utils to zypper so they can be shared by SUSE-based distros 
Move the opensuse utilities to the zypper element so they can be used by
SUSE or zypper based elements. This brings the zypper element somewhat
in line with the rest of the package manager elements.

Change-Id: I8aa2849231454216cdd47629a5e2d6e45769dbbe
2016-09-29 22:56:17 +01:00
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bin Move opensuse utils to zypper so they can be shared by SUSE-based distros 2016-09-29 22:56:17 +01:00
post-install.d Standarise tracing for scripts 2015-02-12 10:41:32 +11:00
pre-install.d Standarise tracing for scripts 2015-02-12 10:41:32 +11:00
root.d Standarise tracing for scripts 2015-02-12 10:41:32 +11:00
element-deps Move opensuse utils to zypper so they can be shared by SUSE-based distros 2016-09-29 22:56:17 +01:00
README.rst Create docs site containing element READMEs 2015-02-10 11:45:35 -08:00

README.rst

zypper

This element provides some customizations for zypper based distributions like SLES and openSUSE. It works in a very similar way as the yum element does for yum based distributions.

Zypper is reconfigured so that it keeps downloaded packages cached outside of the build chroot so that they can be reused by subsequent image builds. The cache increases image building speed when building multiple images, especially on slow connections. This is more effective than using an HTTP proxy for caching packages since the download servers will often redirect clients to different mirrors.