[CentOS] How Do I Get Info About New RPMs in Major REPOs

On 7/13/2008 8:59 AM, John Thomas wrote:
> I would like to know about new software (rpms) with a general 
> description as they become available in the major repos.
> 
> Currently, I run "yum --enablerepo=* list recent" in cron.daily, but it 
> does not provide a description.

The following will cycle through the recently added packages, and then 
output the description for each package.  You could then have this 
mailed to you, or what ever you do with your cron job.

  yum -q list recent | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | grep -v "Recently" \
    | xargs -L 1 yum -q info




Kenneth