Hello,
running a "yum check-update" is cool to get a list of packages to update with versions. In addition of that, i'm looking for a way to get for each package, the link to the RH's errata and the severity status in the same report.
My idea was to parse output of check-update, and join it with "centos-announce" mailing list subjects to get it. It's pretty twisted.
RHN interface offer a similar report, but it's web based, authenticated, and co ...
Is anyone has ever thought about it ?
Martin Hamant wrote:
Hello,
running a "yum check-update" is cool to get a list of packages to update with versions. In addition of that, i'm looking for a way to get for each package, the link to the RH's errata and the severity status in the same report.
My idea was to parse output of check-update, and join it with "centos-announce" mailing list subjects to get it. It's pretty twisted.
RHN interface offer a similar report, but it's web based, authenticated, and co ...
Is anyone has ever thought about it ?
Dag started working on something similar, an audit tool [ref: 1] with a similar intent. You might want to touch base with him to see how things are moving along....
[1] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-June/007710.html
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Le Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:15:55 +0000 Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org écrivait:
Martin Hamant wrote:
Hello,
running a "yum check-update" is cool to get a list of packages to update with versions. In addition of that, i'm looking for a way to get for each package, the link to the RH's errata and the severity status in the same report.
My idea was to parse output of check-update, and join it with "centos-announce" mailing list subjects to get it. It's pretty twisted.
RHN interface offer a similar report, but it's web based, authenticated, and co ...
Is anyone has ever thought about it ?
Dag started working on something similar, an audit tool [ref: 1] with a similar intent. You might want to touch base with him to see how things are moving along....
[1] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-June/007710.html
Thank you very much for that answer :=) I'm going to get in touch with him. I'll (we?) take you informed.
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