[Yum-devel] look at the pkgid insanity

[seth vidal]

A quick fun game:

run python and do this:

import yum
my = yum.YumBase()
my.conf.cache = 1

po = my.rpmdb.searchNevra(name='yum')[0]

po.pkgid
po.pkgId
po.pkgID

notice how they aren't the same? :)

now do the same thing with an available package.

so for an installed package:
po.pkgid == SHA1HEADER or name + buildtime if SHA1HEADER doesn't exist
in the header
po.pkgId == internal rpm hdr tag - could be a gpg sig, could be another
checksum
po.pkgID == internal rpm hdr tag - matches pkgId


anyone have  any preferences on which we should show for installed pkgs?

-sv