[Bug 206478] Review Request: Yumdiff - Compares RPMS installed on local and remote systems

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Summary: Review Request: Yumdiff - Compares RPMS installed on local and remote systems


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206478





------- Additional Comments From limb at jcomserv.net  2006-10-18 07:16 EST -------
(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > Lacking a timely response from Ralf,
> Hmm? Note, this package is still in FE_NEW. 
> I never started formally reviewing it ;)
> 
> > is there anything I can do to move this
> > forward?
> Yes, may-be I had not been clear enough.
> 
> IMO, your script in its current shape is non-functional (C.f. comment #7).
> => Bring it to function.

I guess what I'm getting at is that within scope I intended, I've not run into
any problems with this script.  In what way does it not function?

> >   I'm willing to make improvements, but I need more specific examples
> > in order to make them . . .
> Additional food for thought:
> * What if the remote host uses a different Linux distro?

Yumdiff is only intended to support Fedora, currently.

> * What if the remote host doesn't use rpm or yum?

As all Fedora hosts use rpm, and Yumdiff never calls yum on the remote host, I
don't see a problem here.

> * What if the remote host is not a Linux system at all (Solaris, or even Windows)?

See #1.

> 
> 

If there are problems or improvements I can make to make this function better
with Fedora, I will.  It was never intended to make installed-software
comparisions across distros or OSs, as these comparisons could very well be
meaningless due to differences in software version, package system type, etc.


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