[Yum-devel] Looking at avalable packages
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Sat Aug 26 16:32:23 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 16:19 -0400, Jack Neely wrote:
> Folks,
>
> What's the best way to look at available packages from a plugin?
>
> packages = c.getPackages()
>
> and filtering based on provides is slow.
>
> packages = c.getRepos().getPackageSack().searchProvides("kernel-modules")
>
> gets me the packages I want to look at, but the prco information isn't
> complete. Specifically, all the requires seem to be in the returned POs
> but only the "kernel-modules" provide. Where I need to grok the
> "*-kmod" provide.
The provides aren't fully populated from the packageobject, really? Can
you verify that in some other code b/c I've been checking the provides
listed in yum vs provides existent in the rpm and I've not seen it.
thanks,
-sv
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