Hi Robert, Good to know, thanks !!
Regarding the version comparison logic issue for .deb packages, is there a solution that could be implemented ? Regards, Philippe. On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 20:18, Robert Paschedag <robert.pasche...@web.de> wrote: > Am 5. Dezember 2018 00:44:25 MEZ schrieb philippe bidault < > philippe.bida...@gmail.com>: > >Hi all, > > > >I am trying to make our Spacewalk 2.8 working with Ubuntu 18.04, but as > >well described here : > > > https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/DebianUbuntuSupportIn27 > > > >... there are 3 main issues : > > > >"1- The current version comparison logic does not distinct a dot from > >an > >hyphen, a tilde or a plus character. This leads to some packages > >wrongly > >shown as an update for a client in spacewalk when the package is > >actually a > >downgrade. The client however uses a correct comparison and handles the > >package upgrade correctly > > > >2- The deb importer does not import all the package header information > >into > >the database and the repository-writer will not write the missing > >information to the repository metadata served by spacewalk. This will > >lead > >to problems on the client in case of the missing Multi-Arch header: > >Clients > >will try to reinstall the same package over and over again when this > >header > >is missing. > > > >3- A deb repository provided by spacewalk is not GPG signed and thus > >will > >not work without disabling secure-apt. Spacewalk imports and recreates > >the > >repository based on the imported package catalogue, this will destroy > >the > >GPG signing of the repository vendor." > > > >I did manage to solve the point 2 and 3. The point 3 thanks to this > >method > >: > > > http://www.devops-blog.net/spacewalk/gpg-signing-apt-repository-in-spacewalk > > > >Regarding the point 2, I did have to customize the script > > > https://github.com/rpasche/spacewalk-debian-sync/tree/add-multiarch-header > >, > >as it seems that in any case the add of the Multi-Arch header in > >Packages.gz is not enough for Ubuntu 18.04. I did only succeed in not > >ending in an infinite loop of packages flagged to be upgraded as the > >result > >of "apt upgrade" by adding more headers in Packages.gz : > > > > p, v, a, multi, breaks, predeps = line.rstrip().split("||") > > if (packages.has_key(p + v + a) and (multi is not "#")) : > > packages[p + v + a]['Multi-Arch'] = multi > > if (packages.has_key(p + v + a) and (breaks is not "#")) : > > packages[p + v + a]['Breaks'] = breaks > > if (packages.has_key(p + v + a) and (predeps is not "#")) : > > packages[p + v + a]['Pre-Depends'] = predeps > > I did improve the script (still testing). Basically it just adds all > missing headers from the original file to that generated by spacewalk. The > repo is not yet updated. > > Robert > > > >Right now, what is really causing me much more trouble, is the point 1, > >which is making Spacewalk not really reliable for deb package > >management , > >as I have a permanent list of upgradable packages in the Spacewalk > >console, > >whereas the installed versions are already the latest. > > > >Example : > > > > > >Latest Package > >Installed Package > >gcc-8-base-8-20180414-1ubuntu2.amd64-deb > >< > https://space01/rhn/software/packages/Details.do?sid=1000010058&id_combo=21120|7544|145 > > > >gcc-8-base-8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04.amd64-deb > >lib32gcc1-8-20180414-1ubuntu2:1.amd64-deb > >< > https://space01/rhn/software/packages/Details.do?sid=1000010058&id_combo=21933|7796|145 > > > >lib32gcc1-8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04:1.amd64-deb > > > > > >So in resume, I have 2 questions : > > > >- Regarding the point 1, is there already an existing solution I could > >use, > >or at least some clues ? > >- Regarding the point 2 : Did I miss something, or do we really need to > >add > >some extra headers (Breaks and Pre-depends) to have the Ubuntu 18.04 > >client > >servers correctly listing packages to be upgraded ? > > > >Regards, > >Philippe. > > > -- > sent from my mobile device >
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