Yum uri list

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

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Hi,

Is there any possibility to get the list of uris yum, up2date or apt-rpm
knows to download after doing an update.

I want to know how we can retrieve the uri's information for the packages
which any of the above mentioned utilities are going to upgrade.

TIA,

rrs
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com
Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC
"Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is
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[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 22:05 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Is there any possibility to get the list of uris yum, up2date or apt-rpm
> knows to download after doing an update.
>
> I want to know how we can retrieve the uri's information for the packages
> which any of the above mentioned utilities are going to upgrade.
>
> TIA,
>
> rrs

You can find a sample of the yum.conf file at www.fedorafaq.org. 
See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#apt for one look at it.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

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Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 22:05 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any possibility to get the list of uris yum, up2date or apt-rpm
> > knows to download after doing an update.
> >
> > I want to know how we can retrieve the uri's information for the packages
> > which any of the above mentioned utilities are going to upgrade.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > rrs
>
> You can find a sample of the yum.conf file at www.fedorafaq.org.
> See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#apt for one look at it.

That doesn't help.
What I'm looking for is someway to get the information, in urls, of the
packages these utilities (any yum or up2date or apt-rpm) try to download
for an upgrade after doing an "update".

rrs
- -- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com
Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC
"Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is
research".
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wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

Hi

I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen 
resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support for 
this resolution under Fedora?

Jon

wide screen laptop problem

[G S]

run gtf 1280 800 60
it will generate Modeline for you, put in in Monitor section. You may
use generic LCD 1280 * 800 to adjust other settings. Google for more
info.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:16:17 +0100, Jon Hill  wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen
> resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support for
> this resolution under Fedora?
>
> Jon
>
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wide screen laptop problem

[Kevin Kempter]

Jon Hill wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen 
> resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support 
> for this resolution under Fedora?
>
> Jon

make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has the correct settings for the 
MONITOR and DISPLAY sections:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
    VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
    Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
        Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x800" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

then set your screen resolution to 1280x800 via Kmenu-->system 
settings-->display.

My resolution is set to 800x600 but this is ignored because i've set my 
display to a 1280x800 lcd screen on the hardware tab.

wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the option 
for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.

Jon

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 00:06, Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Jon Hill wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have just bought a Sony Vaio FS115B which has a 1280x800 screen
> > resolution. Can anyone give me any advice on how I might find support
> > for this resolution under Fedora?
> >
> > Jon
>
> make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has the correct settings for the
> MONITOR and DISPLAY sections:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier   "Monitor0"
>     VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>     ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
>     HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
>     VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>     Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "Screen0"
>     Device     "Videocard0"
>     Monitor    "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth     24
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     16
>         Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     24
>         Modes    "1280x800" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> then set your screen resolution to 1280x800 via Kmenu-->system
> settings-->display.
>
> My resolution is set to 800x600 but this is ignored because i've set my
> display to a 1280x800 lcd screen on the hardware tab.

wide screen laptop problem

[G S]

> hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the option
> for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.

can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
your video adapter) sections.

wide screen laptop problem

[Chris Stark]

G S wrote:
> > hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the option
> > for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.
>
> can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
> your video adapter) sections.

My laptop never works with the system-config-display tool (1440x900), 
and I have a feeling it's because the laptop monitor is sending 
incorrect info to the X server. You may have to set a custom modeline 
(and possibly instruct X not to listen to the monitor's info).

For the modeline, in a terminal type:

gtf 1280 800 60

This should result in something like:

Modeline "1280x800_60.00"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828 
-HSync +Vsync

Paste the output of this command (as a single line) into your 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file under the "Monitor" section. You should also 
rename the modeline from "1280x800_60.00" to "1280x800".

Next, you'll need to add "1280x800" to each of the subsections under the 
  "Screen" section.

If this alone doesn't work, you may also want to try adding this line to 
the Monitor section:

Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"

I hope this helps.

Aloha

wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

> > can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
> > your video adapter) sections.

I tried your suggestions Chris, still no joy. Here is my current xorg.conf. 
(I have also tried this conf with the added Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"). Thanks 
for your time on this everyone.

-----------

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "single head configuration"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of 
the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "fbdevhw"
Load  "glx"
Load  "record"
Load  "freetype"
Load  "type1"
Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver      "kbd"
Option     "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option     "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver      "mouse"
Option     "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option     "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option     "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option     "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
ModeLine     "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync 
+vsync
Option     "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Videocard0"
Driver      "vesa"
VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
BoardName   "VESA driver (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device     "Videocard0"
Monitor    "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth     24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     16
Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth     24
Modes    "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group        0
Mode         0666
EndSection

wide screen laptop problem

[Richard S. Crawford]

The elder gods, manifesting through Jon Hill, recently decreed:
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device     "Videocard0"
> Monitor    "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth     24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     16
> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     24
> Modes    "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection

This looks very similar to the setup I have for my own laptop, which also
has a widescreen resolution (1680 x 1050).  The 1680 x 1050 resolution
option still does not show up in my KDisplay dialogue, but I'm resigned to
that; I can adjust it in GNOME.

What I noticed was this line:
> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"

Is this a transcription error, or is there really a missing " before the
800x600?  That might be causing you some issues.

wide screen laptop problem

[Richard S. Crawford]

The elder gods, manifesting through Jon Hill, recently decreed:
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device     "Videocard0"
> Monitor    "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth     24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     16
> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     24
> Modes    "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection

This looks very similar to the setup I have for my own laptop, which also
has a widescreen resolution (1680 x 1050).  The 1680 x 1050 resolution
option still does not show up in my KDisplay dialogue, but I'm resigned to
that; I can adjust it in GNOME.

What I noticed was this line:
> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"

Is this a transcription error, or is there really a missing " before the
800x600?  That might be causing you some issues.

wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> > Is this a transcription error, or is there really a missing " before the
> > 800x600?  That might be causing you some issues.

I did have this error briefly, I corrected it but didn't send the update 
conf file in my email. So, this isn't the cause unfortunately.

Jon

wide screen laptop problem

[Kevin Kempter]

On Wednesday 30 March 2005 13:41, Jon Hill wrote:
> > Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> > > Is this a transcription error, or is there really a missing " before the
> > > 800x600?  That might be causing you some issues.
>
> I did have this error briefly, I corrected it but didn't send the update
> conf file in my email. So, this isn't the cause unfortunately.
>
> Jon

Jon;

Try this.  I've attached my xorg.conf file. I'm running a sony S260 with a 
1280x800 wide screen. Take the display & monitor sections out and put them in 
your file. Then restart X (Ctl-Alt-Backspace)

Next go to the K-Menu--->System Settings--->Display

Go to the hardware tab and select the configure button for the Monitor Type. 
There should be an entry for "LCD Panel 1280x800"
Select this entry and click on th OK button.

the settings on the main screen can be anything (mine is 800x600). restart X 
again and you should be good to go...

/Kevin

wide screen laptop problem

[Kevin Kempter]

On Wednesday 30 March 2005 13:41, Jon Hill wrote:
> > Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> > > Is this a transcription error, or is there really a missing " before the
> > > 800x600?  That might be causing you some issues.
>
> I did have this error briefly, I corrected it but didn't send the update
> conf file in my email. So, this isn't the cause unfortunately.
>
> Jon

Jon;

I just ran through the setup for G.P. and found that the display settings 
program will remove the "1280x800" setting. So try editing 
th /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and for the 2 lines that start with "Modes" add 
"1280x800" as the first option.  This reset all my settings to a proper wide 
screen setup. (after an X restart of course).

wide screen laptop problem

[G S]

> Section "Device"
> Identifier  "Videocard0"
> Driver      "vesa"
> VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
> BoardName   "VESA driver (generic)"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device     "Videocard0"
> Monitor    "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth     24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     16
> Modes    "1280x800" 800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport   0 0
> Depth     24
> Modes    "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection

It seems you have bad adapter configured (VESA) instead of real
thing... so your defaul driver may not know about the mode you are
using. Do you have Intel integrated graphics? If so try the following:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
        VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
        ModeLine     "1280x800_60.00" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801
804 828 -hsync +vsync
        Option       "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "i810"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "Intel 855"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Or change driver to appropriate value for your card. If still no luck
check the errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Cheers,
GS

wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

> It seems you have bad adapter configured (VESA) instead of real
> thing... so your defaul driver may not know about the mode you are
> using. Do you have Intel integrated graphics? If so try the following:

Yes, this does seem like it would be a problem. My graphics chipset is 
Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS,910GML.
Maybe this is not yet supported under Fedora?

Any thoughts?

Jon

wide screen laptop problem

[David Donnelly]

On Thu, 2005-31-03 at 20:54 +0100, Jon Hill wrote:
> > It seems you have bad adapter configured (VESA) instead of real
> > thing... so your defaul driver may not know about the mode you are
> > using. Do you have Intel integrated graphics? If so try the following:
>
> Yes, this does seem like it would be a problem. My graphics chipset is 
> Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS,910GML.
> Maybe this is not yet supported under Fedora?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Jon

While I am by no means as good at linux configuration as some on this
list, I do have a laptop, Compaq R3000, running a 1280 x 800 display. I
too had to add the modeline but I also added a section called "modes" to
specify the 16:10 format. I noticed it was omitted from your xorg.conf
so I thought it might be worth a try for you. My laptop has an Nvidia
chipset so you can ignore anything related to it as it won't apply to
your setup.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name
of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "fbdevhw"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
    Identifier     "16:10"
    ModeLine     "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    UseModes     "16:10"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 90.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
    Option	    "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
    Option	    "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
    Option	    "dpms"
    Option	    "NoLogo" "1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
    Option	    "NvAgp" "3"
    Option	    "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
    Option	    "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
    	Viewport   0 0
    	Depth     16
    	Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    	Viewport   0 0
    	Depth     24
    	Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group        0
    Mode         0666
EndSection

David

wide screen laptop problem

[G S]

> Yes, this does seem like it would be a problem. My graphics chipset is
> Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS,910GML.
> Maybe this is not yet supported under Fedora?
>
> Any thoughts?

i810 driver support 915G as well - check
man i810

so it won't hurt if u try it - there is always way back - see my
earlier posting for details. u r almost there :)

wide screen laptop problem

[Jon Hill]

> i810 driver support 915G as well - check
> man i810

I think I will get somewhere with this soon. I do believe it is a device 
driver problem.

lspci gives me the following output
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. Mobile Graphics Controller (rev 
03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. Mobile Graphics Controller (rev 03)

my xorg log suggests the problem is that there is no 'screen' set for the 
device 00:02.1 and I get the errors : 
Fatal server error:
no screens found

I have the following in my xorg.con
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "i810"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "Intel 855"
EndSection

Do I perhaps need something for Videocard1 ?

thanks again

Jon

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 00:27 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 22:05 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there any possibility to get the list of uris yum, up2date or apt-rpm
> > > knows to download after doing an update.
> > >
> > > I want to know how we can retrieve the uri's information for the packages
> > > which any of the above mentioned utilities are going to upgrade.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > rrs
> >
> > You can find a sample of the yum.conf file at www.fedorafaq.org.
> > See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#apt for one look at it.
>
> That doesn't help.
> What I'm looking for is someway to get the information, in urls, of the
> packages these utilities (any yum or up2date or apt-rpm) try to download
> for an upgrade after doing an "update".

You might get better answers if you say what the problem is that you're
actually trying to fix.

Yum will look in the places specified in your yum.conf file for updated
versions of packages you already have, so the URLs can be constructed by
looking at the repository locations you have specified for any updated
versions of the packages you are using, and appending the package file
name to the repository URL.

Paul.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

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Hash: SHA1

Paul Howarth wrote:
> You might get better answers if you say what the problem is that you're
> actually trying to fix.
>
> Yum will look in the places specified in your yum.conf file for updated
> versions of packages you already have, so the URLs can be constructed by
> looking at the repository locations you have specified for any updated
> versions of the packages you are using, and appending the package file
> name to the repository URL.

Okay! Here is what my problem is.
I'm doing a small piece of program for "Offline Package Management" in my
way of learning programming. It's named pypt-offline hosted at SourceForge.
The program helps people who have machines on a dial-up connection but still
would like to enjoy the features that yum, apt-rpm, up2date provide i.e.
automatically upgrade all required packages from the net. I've already
implemented it for dpkg in Debian. I want to incorporate rpm support too in
it.

The person with a dial-up connection only updates his package database. Say
after the updation he comes to know that he needs to download 300mb of
software packages to upgrade to the latest security fixes. It would be a
pain for people (specially in Asian countries like India and Nepal) to
download the whole of 300mb on a dial-up connection.

This is where pypt-offline helps. You just fetch the url list from your
machine after updation. You now have the urls of the packages that need to
be upgraded. Take the url list to another computer, possibly to your office
computer having a high speed connection, use it with pypt-offline to
download all the packages, take back home and just simply upgrade.

Since pypt-offline is coded in Python, you enjoy the benefit of running it
on any OS on your other high speed machine (Windows, Linux, MacOSX).
pypt-offline also supports looking into a directory of already downloaded
packages to see if any packages it needs to download are already available
or not. It also supports apt-proxy like directory tree structure. It can
walk through directories to check for the concerned package.

Please let me know if there is anyway to fetch the list of urls from yum or
apt-rpm or up2date. For apt, we do it very simply using:
apt-get -qq --print-uris upgrade > uris

TIA,

rrs
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:23:52 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf
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> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > You might get better answers if you say what the problem is that you're
> > actually trying to fix.
> >
> > Yum will look in the places specified in your yum.conf file for updated
> > versions of packages you already have, so the URLs can be constructed by
> > looking at the repository locations you have specified for any updated
> > versions of the packages you are using, and appending the package file
> > name to the repository URL.
>
> Okay! Here is what my problem is.
> I'm doing a small piece of program for "Offline Package Management" in my
> way of learning programming. It's named pypt-offline hosted at SourceForge.
> The program helps people who have machines on a dial-up connection but still
> would like to enjoy the features that yum, apt-rpm, up2date provide i.e.
> automatically upgrade all required packages from the net. I've already
> implemented it for dpkg in Debian. I want to incorporate rpm support too in
> it.
>
> The person with a dial-up connection only updates his package database. Say
> after the updation he comes to know that he needs to download 300mb of
> software packages to upgrade to the latest security fixes. It would be a
> pain for people (specially in Asian countries like India and Nepal) to
> download the whole of 300mb on a dial-up connection.
>
> This is where pypt-offline helps. You just fetch the url list from your
> machine after updation. You now have the urls of the packages that need to
> be upgraded. Take the url list to another computer, possibly to your office
> computer having a high speed connection, use it with pypt-offline to
> download all the packages, take back home and just simply upgrade.
>
> Since pypt-offline is coded in Python, you enjoy the benefit of running it
> on any OS on your other high speed machine (Windows, Linux, MacOSX).
> pypt-offline also supports looking into a directory of already downloaded
> packages to see if any packages it needs to download are already available
> or not. It also supports apt-proxy like directory tree structure. It can
> walk through directories to check for the concerned package.
>
> Please let me know if there is anyway to fetch the list of urls from yum or
> apt-rpm or up2date. For apt, we do it very simply using:
> apt-get -qq --print-uris upgrade > uris
>
> TIA,
>
> rrs
>
> Ritesh Raj Sarraf
> RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com

Have you tried scanning /etc/yum.conf and each of the .repo files in
/etc/yum.repos.d to find out which repo is enabled?  Once you have the
name of the enabled repo and its url, it shouldn't be that difficult
to redirect and filter a "yum --enablerepo=<name> check-update>" to
get the necessary data.