Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (68 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Hi hackers,

while redesigning various parts of libzypp a question has been raised
about incosistencies/misdesign we currently have in our YUM metadata
extensions and ZYpp regarding patches.


INTRO:

In metadata, a patch includes atoms:
element atoms { (element-package | element-script | element-message)+ }+

and the package element is an extension of a normal yum:package:
element-package = element yum:package { package & element-pkgfiles &
(element license-to-confirm { localized-string }?) }

where pkgfiles are the delta, patch or plain rpm file data.

In libzypp, delta and patch rpms are appended to Package which,
basically represents a plain rpm package resolvable. The rest of the
/patch/atoms/package data is an Atom resolvable (with its own
dependencies), a helper resolvable used to resolve patch dependencies.


PROBLEMS:

Well, for me as writer of the new YUMParser it is just a question of
mapping the data to classes in libzypp (ResolvableData). Experienced
zypp hackers can add more...


SUGGESTIONS:

?


Attaching current version of patch.rnc and patch.rng for convenience.
See also:
http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Patches/Rationale
http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Metadata/repomd/patches ;(not very
informative today, but will be expanded)


Cheers,

Jano
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