- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHEA-2007:1125 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
createrepo enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated createrepo package that adds several enhancements is now
available.
Description
The createrepo utility generates a common metadata repository from a
directory of RPM packages.
This updated package adds the following enhancements:
- a new "--update" option that updates existing metadata. This can result
in a performance increase.
- you can include a list of packages to create a new repository with using
the new "--pkglist" option. The "--pkglist" option takes a file name
containing a list of packages as an argument. For example, running the
'echo "test-1.0.0.rpm" > filelist' command, then the "createrepo
- -pkglist=filelist" command, would create a new repository containing the
"test-1.0.0.rpm" RPM. As well, the "--pkglist" option can be used in
conjunction with the "--update" option to modify an existing repository.
- arbitrary metadata can be inserted into a repository using the new
"modifyrepo" command. For example, running the "modifyrepo test.xml
repodata/" command would compress and insert "test.xml" into the repository
as "repodata/test.xml.gz". The "repmod.xml" file will be updated to reflect
these changes.
All users of createrepo are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which adds these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 326691 - RFE: Upgrade to a version of createrepo that supports --update flag (for koji)
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
x86_64 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
ia64 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
i386 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
x86_64 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
i386 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
x86_64 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
i386 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
s390x | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
ppc | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d55be8e4c449de706e6b5850a054361dff98cf1fd1f380adaf9baab5eb6c8592 |
x86_64 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
i386 | |
createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ce8983dd5250c40d8c26891bc67af2f4ed39121ebc754f3817e549d1050fdef1 |
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