Merge pull request #75 from openhpc/2026-05-15-zypp-meta

ci: disable metalink in Leap installer and installed system

Author: Adrian Reber

ansible/roles/test/templates/grub.cfg

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set timeout=1
 
 menuentry 'Install' {
 {%- if distro.startswith('leap15') %}
-  linux linux ro autoyast=http://{{ repo }}/{{ distro }}-autoyast install=http://{{ repo }}/openSUSE-Leap-{{ distro[4:] }}-DVD-{{ arch }}-Current ifcfg={{ interface }}=dhcp textmode=1 display=1 proxy={{ proxy }} vnc=1 VNCPassword=12345678
+  linux linux ro autoyast=http://{{ repo }}/{{ distro }}-autoyast install=http://{{ repo }}/openSUSE-Leap-{{ distro[4:] }}-DVD-{{ arch }}-Current ifcfg={{ interface }}=dhcp textmode=1 display=1 proxy={{ proxy }} vnc=1 VNCPassword=12345678 zyppargs="--option download.use_metalink=false"
   initrd initrd
 {% else %}
   linux vmlinuz ro ip={{ interface }}:dhcp inst.ks=http://{{ repo }}/{{ distro }}-kickstart

ansible/roles/test/templates/leap15.5-autoyast

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/pre-install-leap15.5 || t
 					<![CDATA[
 curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/post-started-leap15.5 || true
 systemctl stop sshd
+# Metalink causes zypper to use partial/range downloads which
+# breaks caching in the squid proxy.
+mkdir -p /etc/zypp
+echo "download.use_metalink = false" >> /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
 curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/zypper-update-leap15.5 || true
 zypper -n update
 curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/zypper-update-done-leap15.5 || true
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/post-complete-leap15.5 ||
 			<script>
 				<source>
 					<![CDATA[
+curl -so /dev/null http://{{ repo }}/autoyast-progress/init-scripts-leap15.5 || true
 systemctl enable sshd
 			]]>
 				</source>