Re: Using OBS with version number, is there a limit?

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doh! Stupid me!  sorry sent wrong version, that one had 'if (strpos(blah,
blah) >=0)' incorrect syntax i had to change to 'if (strpos(blah, blah) !=
null)' to fix.

this is better

Much respect to all.
BruceS


On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 at 21:59, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 at 19:42, Benoît Minisini <
> benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Le 22/12/2025 à 16:14, Bruce Steers a écrit :
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > When using the OBS "add repository" method using a specific version
>> > number like 3.20, 3.19 etc is that limited?
>> > Ie. can it be any version number or are only some most recent versions
>> > available?
>> >
>> > My php script lists incrementally from 3.16 to the most recent.
>> >
>> > Respects
>> > BruceS
>> >
>>
>> I'm not sure to understand the question... The name of the OBS
>> repository is just a string, and hopefully I chose the version number
>> for that.
>>
>> And I can't guarantee that I will maintain one repository for each old
>> version.
>>
>> So you are never sure that you will find a OBS repository for a specific
>> version, unless the latest one.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Benoît Minisini.
>
>
> Thanks Benoit.
> I changed the code now to just read in the page gbWilly pointed me to at
> https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/gambas:/
> it extracts the available versions from there.
>
> Then it extracts the supported Os's from
> https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:gambas:master/meta
>
> I've also added French and German languages to it that should auto-detect
> your system language.
> https://bruceybonus.uk/gb_update_repo.php
>
> I also added url query args to force a language and/or show single
> operating systems and versions (version defaults to stable)
> Eg.
> https://bruceybonus.uk/gb_update_repo.php?get=arch:stable
> https://bruceybonus.uk/gb_update_repo.php?get=debian 13:master
> https://bruceybonus.uk/gb_update_repo.php?get=ubuntu 24.04?lang=de
>
> it allows for a little variation in OS spelling
> Ie. deb/Deb/debian converts to Debian
> ubuntu converts to xUbuntu
> arch to ArchLinux
> spaces or dashes are converted to underscore.
> plus some other tricks.
>
> Attached is the script, maybe you (or anyone else) can use it?
> it uses php and javascript and should run on any php enabled server with
> php_curl. (added some code description comments)
>
> Respects and merry Christmas :)
> BruceS
>

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