Michael,

Is your code Python? If so, you should use the python rpmlib bindings for this.

Yes, my code is written in Python.

Yeah, that's how mine worked too, only it used version comparison to handle the case where multiple new updates for the same package appeared simultaneously ...

Good point -- thanks for the tip. I will take a look at rpmlib bindings.

Rick

--- centos-request@caosity.org wrote:

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:33:20 -0500 From: Michael Jennings mej@caosity.org To: centos@caosity.org Subject: Re: [Centos] httpd trademark issue -- here it is!

On Monday, 20 December 2004, at 09:18:48 (-0800), Rick Graves wrote:

Thanks, I am clear on that. My code was sometimes

not working

right. I simplified and clarified it, and it is

working right now

-- at least on the httpd versions, and I hope on

everything else.

Is your code Python? If so, you should use the python rpmlib bindings for this.

I am not sure I need to even worry about comparisons

on this level.

My program is most concerned about when a

*different* version

appears on the public mirrors. So 2.0.46 would be

different than

2.0.127, and my logic presumes the one that appears

after supercedes

the one that appeared before.

Yeah, that's how mine worked too, only it used version comparison to handle the case where multiple new updates for the same package appeared simultaneously (which can happen if the script doesn't run frequently enough or a quickie-fix is required.

Michael