Great solution, I wish to try it. How can I get it?
It will be available soon for NethServer 7.5!
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nice, i like the way you decide to manage the updates lock… and i see the test cases (thank you for writing them), but i am wondering if i can test the new procedure on 7.4
i installed the testing package nethserver-base-3.2.0-1.17.g7561792.ns7.noarch.rpm on 7.4 and now on Software center i have
and this is what is expected, then i’ve tried to execute the cron script, to see if NsReleaseLock switch do disabled… but it seems that the script gets $ns_release and $ce_release with the same version: 7.5.1804
i know it’s not a test case but the idea was to test the new feature on 7.4 to see what would have happened in a real case…
do i need to update some other package?
if you think it’s useless i’ll start trying on 7.5
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Yes, I adapted the mirrorlist script to work with this new feature today: Return full version number in mirror URL by DavidePrincipi · Pull Request #9 · NethServer/mirrorlist · GitHub
However the only way to really test it on 7.4 is quite complex because it does not exist any more, as we’re in 7.5 now. To get an idea:
- git clone mirrorlist in a web server and fix the release numbers for testing
- configure the “mirrorlist.nethserver.org” virtualhost in the web server
- add a DNS override in nethserver testing VM to point to the fake server
(I already suggested a similar solution for a different problem here: YUM update repository problems (from Russia) - #34 by davidep)
Thank you for your input! This weird idea was your 
Do you remember?
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Looks great. I hope this clarify any doubts
All related packages have been released.
RC is coming!
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tnx, done the fake server, now the cron script correctly enable NsRelease lock due to mismatch of version
CentOS and NethServer releases are different!
CentOS: 7.5.1804
NethServer: 7.4.1708
NsReleaseLock is now enabled.
now do you think i could persuade Software Center that a new version 7.5rc is available for install? 
doh! usually my answer to this question it’s almost always: no 
I have to admit: my memory is worse than my English 
but at least I like my ideas 
tnx for your work
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I like your sense of humor… And I generally have the same issue myself…
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Hi James, so I think your memory is working very well, because I think your English should be better as the English of most others here 
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