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smt mirror returns "Data too long for column 'DESCRIPTION'".

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
 

Situation

The issue was seen with smt version: smt-3.0.27-51.1
When syncing channels with SMT, the following error may be displayed for certain repositories:
 
2017-08-01 21:44:58 SMT::Mirror::RpmMd - [info]  Updating patch data in the database (476 patches)
2017-08-01 21:45:25 SMT::Mirror::RpmMd - [error]  Error getting patch data from repository: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Data too long for column 'DESCRIPTION' at row 1 at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/SMT/Patch.pm line 386.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, please update to SMT version smt-3.0.29-52.5.2.

Cause

The size of the column DESCRIPTION of the Patches table is too small.

Disclaimer

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  • Document ID:7021159
  • Creation Date: 02-Aug-2017
  • Modified Date:23-Feb-2021
    • Subscription Management Tool
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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