OpenSuse 12.3 fails to update reading packages

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Posted on May 03, 2014

OPENSUSE 12.3 get stuck at reading packages. The issue was confirm and resolved under bug

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828764

fixed in

Fixed in
  openSUSE-12.3: libsolv-tools-0.3.3
  openSUSE-13.1: libsolv-tools-0.4.1


You will have to download the RPM's and install manually . After which opensuse updates will work

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/zypp:/Code12_3-Branch/openSUSE_12.3/x86_64/

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/zypp:/Code13_1-Branch/openSUSE_13.1/x86_64/