[Yum] Generate a List of RPMS ( formatting corrected )

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 09:50 +0530, Jitendra Nair wrote:
> Hello All ,
> 
> Sorry the previous mail lost the formatting . Resending it again .
> 
> Question :  Given a set of required capabilities, come up with a list of 
> RPM's  with all the dependencies
>                 resolved .  The way I am doing it is , PsuedoCode follows:
>              
>                   Run setup  code.
>                   for cap in capabilities:
>                         packages.append ( yum.YumBase.returnPackageByDep 
> (cap ) )
>                   for po in packages :
>                          yum.tsInfo.addInstall (po)
>                   yum.buildTransaction()
>                   mems = yum.tsInfo.getMembers()
>                   for mem in  mems:
>                       From mem.po.returnPackageTuple()  generate the rpm 
> file name.
>                   
> 
>                   Am i doing the correct way , if NOT  what would be the 
> correct way to do it.
>                   Thanks a Lot

what are these "capabilities" you're parsing from and why would you want
to list the package names?

-sv