'Re: [Spacewalk-list] Basic errata question'

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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Basic errata question
From: Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-11-28 15:33:56
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Its a little more complicated than that there is an other file that
contains an index of all the other xml files if its not listed in that one
it won't be pickedup
On Nov 28, 2012 10:10 AM, "Snyder, Chris" <Chris_Snyder@sra.com> wrote:

>  So how does the errata in the yum repo work?  I=92m seeing that in EPEL=
=92s
> repo under the repodata dir, there=92s an updateinfo.xml.gz file, and tha=
t
> looks promising.   I copied that file to my local mrepo stash of EPEL stu=
ff
> and the ran spacewalk-repo-sync against that, but nothing happened
> regarding errata.****
>
> ** **
>
> Any suggestions?****
>
> ** **
>
> Thx****
>
> Chris.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Robert Marino
> *Sent:* Friday, November 23, 2012 2:18 PM
> *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Basic errata question****
>
> ** **
>
> Well your not missing much
>   Essentially there isn't one standard way to pull them out of every repo=
*
> ***
>
> Fedora, EPEL, Suse and a few others put them into the yum repo which is a
> fairly new method, this looks like it will be the standard in the future
> but its not written in stone yet. if they are in the yum repo
> spacewalk-repo-sync handles them.****
>
> RHEL puts them in their API and pages on their site.****
>
> ** **
>
> Centos puts them on their Site but posts about them in their mailing list
> which makes the archive an easy place to get an index of them. most of th=
e
> older scripts scrape the archive for indexes then pull them via Redhats A=
PI
> but new ones have been popping up such as ones that generate a yum repo
> that just contains erratas.****
>
> Scientific Linux doesn't really post them at all****
>
> Generally Centos and Scientific Linux  erratas are duplicates of the RHEL
> erratas but there are a few exceptions in the case of Centos. so if you
> have a RedHat account and a few licenses the Redhat API scripts should wo=
rk
> for Scientific Linux all of the time and Centos for about 95%. ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> On Nov 23, 2012 12:12 PM, "Snyder, Chris" <Chris_Snyder@sra.com> wrote:**=
*
> *
>
> Sorry for what is probably a very basic question, but how does one find
> =91errata=92 for a given repo?   ****
>
>  ****
>
> I=92ve reviewed the popular errata collecting scripts out there and see t=
he
> RHEL stuff is pulled from RHN via API calls to one of their websites and
> CentOS stuff is scraped from the CENTOS-ANNOUNCE list, but what about oth=
er
> repos?****
>
>  ****
>
> Are there errata for Repoforge/RPM forge or EPEL?  What about the
> Spacewalk repos hosted by Red Hat?  ****
>
>  ****
>
> I feel like I=92m missing some basic piece of information about how to go
> about finding Errata information, so if such info exists, feel free to
> simply point me at it.****
>
>  ****
>
> Thx****
>
> Gopher.****
>
>  ****
>
> --****
>
> Chris Snyder****
>
> SRA Senior Linux Geek
> Energystar Network O+M Team
> ESTAR Issues: https://estar18.energystar.gov/****
>
>  ****
>
>
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<p>Its a little more complicated than that there is an other file that contains an \
index of all the other xml files if its not listed in that one it won&#39;t be \
pickedup</p> <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 28, 2012 10:10 AM, &quot;Snyder, \
Chris&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:Chris_Snyder@sra.com" \
target="_blank">Chris_Snyder@sra.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div>
So \
how does the errata in the yum repo work? I’m seeing that in EPEL’s repo under the \
repodata dir, there’s an updateinfo.xml.gz file, and that looks promising. I copied \
that file to my local mrepo stash of EPEL stuff and the ran spacewalk-repo-sync \
against that, but nothing happened regarding errata. \
 Any \
suggestions? \
 Thx
 Chris.
 \
 From: <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [mailto:<a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of Paul \
Robert Marino Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 2:18 PM 
To: <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a> Subject: Re: \
[Spacewalk-list] Basic errata question Well your not missing much 
 Essentially there isn&#39;t one standard way to pull them out of every \
repo Fedora, EPEL, Suse and a few others put them into the yum \
repo which is a fairly new method, this looks like it will be the standard in the \
future but its not written in stone yet. if they are in the yum repo \
spacewalk-repo-sync handles them.

RHEL puts them in their API and pages on their site.
 
Centos puts them on their Site but posts about them in their mailing list which \
makes the archive an easy place to get an index of them. most of the older scripts \
scrape the archive for indexes then pull them via Redhats API but new ones have been \
popping up such as ones that generate a yum repo that just contains \
erratas. Scientific Linux doesn&#39;t really post them at \
all Generally Centos and Scientific Linux erratas are \
duplicates of the RHEL erratas but there are a few exceptions in the case of Centos. \
so if you have a RedHat account and a few licenses the Redhat API scripts should work \
for Scientific Linux all of the time and Centos for about 95%. 
 
 
<div>
On Nov 23, 2012 12:12 PM, &quot;Snyder, Chris&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:Chris_Snyder@sra.com" target="_blank">Chris_Snyder@sra.com</a>&gt; \
wrote: <div>
<div>
Sorry for what is probably a very basic question, but how does \
one find ‘errata’ for a given repo? \
 I’ve reviewed the popular errata collecting \
scripts out there and see the RHEL stuff is pulled from RHN via API calls to one of \
their websites and CentOS stuff is scraped from the CENTOS-ANNOUNCE list, but what \
about other repos? 
Are there errata for Repoforge/RPM forge or EPEL? What about \
the Spacewalk repos hosted by Red Hat? 
 
I feel like I’m missing some basic piece of information about \
how to go about finding Errata information, so if such info exists, feel free to \
simply point me at it. 
Thx
Gopher.
 
--
Chris Snyder
SRA Senior Linux Geek 
Energystar Network O+M Team 
ESTAR Issues: <a href="https://estar18.energystar.gov/" \
target="_blank">https://estar18.energystar.gov/</a> </div>
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