Why am I unable to access CISCO's OpenH264 Debug repository?

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For context, see t/161434/138:

My Environment

dnf5-5.2.17.0-2.fc43.x86_64 on:

NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION_ID=43
VARIANT="KDE Plasma Desktop Edition"
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They merged debug and normal packages, see:

dnf list --available --repo=fedora-cisco-openh264 --releasever=40
dnf list --available --repo=fedora-cisco-openh264 --releasever=41

And then disabled the debug repo:

dnf list --available --repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo --releasever=42
dnf list --available --repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo --releasever=43

The debug repo no longer exists as a separate entity.
You can file an issue against this package:
fedora-repos - Fedora Packages

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You might want to put your IP address into this checker to see if it’s been mislocated in a geoblocked country?

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@vgaetera, thanks. Filed bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413406.

@pg-tips, somehow, that service isn’t able to acquire my location: [1]

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  1. check-host.net/ip-info?host=192.168.1.178 ↩︎

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Try it with your internet-facing address (the 92.xx one shown there)? 192.168.xx is the LAN-facing address private to your network.

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There are different issues that should not be confused:

  • HTTP 404 - the issue in the OP, explained above
  • HTTP 403 - a problem with geoblock, discussed in another thread
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@pg-tips, thanks. I feel a little dumb for doing that. That worked: [1]

@{'Date'='20251107T172312+0000'; 'Type'='Photo'; 'Origin'='IP and website location : Check host - online website monitoring — Mozilla Firefox'}#
@{'Date'='20251107T172312+0000'; 'Type'='Photo'; 'Origin'='IP and website location : Check host - online website monitoring — Mozilla Firefox'}#637×1406 208 KB

At least that confirms that it isn’t the other problem.

  1. check-host.net/ip-info?host=92.24.182.164%20 ↩︎

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Ah yes, I was crossing my wires between the two threads. Sorry for the confusion!

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@vgaetera, how should I remove the defunct repository?

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The debug repo should be disabled by default:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fedora-repos/blob/rawhide/f/fedora-cisco-openh264.repo#_16

You may have accidentally enabled it with globs.

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@vgaetera, can you elaborate on that? (Can merely searching for a package with a wildcard enable a disabled repository…?!) I don’t believe that I’ve done so since upgrading to F43, and believe that it occurred since the upgrade.

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The debug and source repos are disabled by default, but you have them enbled for some reason:

This indicates your repo configuration have been customized intentionally or not, see:

rpm -V -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*
head -v -n -0 /etc/dnf/repos.override.d/*

It’s easy to make a mistake and enable unwanted repos if you use globs, e.g. like this:

sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora\*.enabled=1
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@vgaetera, ah, in retrospect, I enabled it via plasma-discover --mode Sources:

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At least, disabling it there worked:

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I can’t say that this inspires confidence:

org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: OdrsReviewsBackend: Fetch ratings: false
adding empty sources model QStandardItemModel(0x55b26adaa710)
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml:298:21: Unable to assign [undefined] to int
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kirigami/private/PrivateActionToolButton.qml:71:5: QML Binding: Binding loop detected for property "value":
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kirigami/private/PrivateActionToolButton.qml:74:9
file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/SwipeListItem.qml:550: TypeError: Cannot call method 'updateVisibleActions' of null
file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/SwipeListItem.qml:550: TypeError: Cannot call method 'updateVisibleActions' of null
file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/SwipeListItem.qml:550: TypeError: Cannot call method 'updateVisibleActions' of null
file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/SwipeListItem.qml:550: TypeError: Cannot read property 'updateVisibleActions' of null
file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/SwipeListItem.qml:550: TypeError: Cannot read property 'updateVisibleActions' of null
qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/discover/qml/SourcesPage.qml:298:21: Unable to assign [undefined] to int

Is this a case of libdnf not exposing the newly-layered .repos?

  1. discuss.kde.org/t/29945/4 ↩︎ ↩︎