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Steve Gaarder <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:41:14 -0500
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2011, Rich wrote:

> If it were me doing this, I'd use the repodata stored on your friendly
> SL mirror as a machine-parseable solution for versions server-side...

Can you point me at some information on how to do this?

thanks,

Steve



>> I'm using OCS Inventory to create a database of packages and their versions
>> for my SL machines.  I'd like to write a script that goes through the
>> database and flags the ones that are out-of-date, indicating how important
>> an upgrade is.  Is there a source of package versions and
>> errata that is easy to parse by machine?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Steve Gaarder
>> System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
>> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>

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Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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