Hi Philippe,
Well....until now, I only have very few packages that are shown as upgradable for "Debian" systems. I only found some version comparision problem while testing Uyuni (and testing to get Debian system registered as Salt client). I think this could be further tuned to use the python-apt or python-dpkg package...but I did not have time to dig into that.
Within spacewalk, I currently do not know, where the comparision takes place (within java or within python).
The "modified" script is a "new" one. It does not depend on the - from myself - modified sync script. What it needs is the original Packages.gz file for the channel you sync.
Just throwing this here so you can test yourself. Basically, it should add all "missing" headers for every package.
import sys
import os
from debian.deb822 import *
import os
from debian.deb822 import *
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
print "Usage: %s <path_to_unzipped_Packages_from_Spacewalk_Uyuni> <path_to_original_Debian_repo>" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(1)
print "Usage: %s <path_to_unzipped_Packages_from_Spacewalk_Uyuni> <path_to_original_Debian_repo>" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(1)
spacewalk_file = sys.argv[1]
original_file = sys.argv[2]
original_file = sys.argv[2]
if not os.path.isfile(spacewalk_file):
print "Error: Inputfile '%s' not available." % spacewalk_file
sys.exit(1)
if not os.path.isfile(original_file):
print "Error: Inputfile '%s' not available." % original_file
sys.exit(1)
print "Error: Inputfile '%s' not available." % spacewalk_file
sys.exit(1)
if not os.path.isfile(original_file):
print "Error: Inputfile '%s' not available." % original_file
sys.exit(1)
spacewalk_packages = {}
original_packages = {}
original_packages = {}
with open(spacewalk_file, 'r') as pkgs:
for pkg in Packages.iter_paragraphs(pkgs):
spacewalk_packages[pkg['Package'] + pkg['Version'] + pkg['Architecture']] = pkg
for pkg in Packages.iter_paragraphs(pkgs):
spacewalk_packages[pkg['Package'] + pkg['Version'] + pkg['Architecture']] = pkg
with open(original_file, 'r') as orig_file:
for pkg in Packages.iter_paragraphs(orig_file):
p = pkg['Package']
v = pkg['Version']
a = pkg['Architecture']
if spacewalk_packages.has_key(p + v + a):
# found package. Check for missing headers
for header in pkg.keys():
if not header in spacewalk_packages[p + v + a].keys():
spacewalk_packages[p + v + a][header] = pkg[header]
for pkg in Packages.iter_paragraphs(orig_file):
p = pkg['Package']
v = pkg['Version']
a = pkg['Architecture']
if spacewalk_packages.has_key(p + v + a):
# found package. Check for missing headers
for header in pkg.keys():
if not header in spacewalk_packages[p + v + a].keys():
spacewalk_packages[p + v + a][header] = pkg[header]
# open new file
new_package = open(spacewalk_file + '.new', 'w')
for pkg in spacewalk_packages.values():
pkg.dump(new_package)
new_package.write("\n")
new_package.close()
sys.exit(0)
new_package = open(spacewalk_file + '.new', 'w')
for pkg in spacewalk_packages.values():
pkg.dump(new_package)
new_package.write("\n")
new_package.close()
sys.exit(0)
Cheers,
Robert
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 05. Dezember 2018 um 21:10 Uhr
Von: "philippe bidault" <philippe.bida...@gmail.com>
An: robert.pasche...@web.de
Cc: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Ubuntu 18.04 package management in Spacewalk 2.8
Von: "philippe bidault" <philippe.bida...@gmail.com>
An: robert.pasche...@web.de
Cc: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Ubuntu 18.04 package management in Spacewalk 2.8
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.
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