[Rpm-maint] Python "rpm --verify"

[Mike Brady]

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Been there.  The method in the examples is very slow.  Better to use the
rpm.fi interface to access the file data.

Paul Nasrat wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 14:34 +1300, Mike Brady wrote:
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>> Thanks for the quick response.  I am working on the bcfg2 project
>> http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2.
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>> The client side has drivers that support various aspects of a client's
>> configuration.  One of the areas to cover is package management. There
>> are RPM and YUM drivers, but they need to be reworked because they have
>> a number of issues.
>>
>> Functionality is nothing earth shattering:
>> query (rpm -qa) for inventory
>> verify (rpm -V)
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> For a start at file verification see
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/pnasrat/rpm-python/rpm-python-slides/frames.html
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> And look at putting it all together
> 
> Paul
> 

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