Michael Andres schrieb:

On Monday 04 May 2009 02:28:02 Elmar Stellnberger wrote:

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wanna make a package stat - how many packages are currently installed from a given source: how can I * query for all installed packages

Z = zypp.ZYppFactory_instance().getZYpp() Z.initializeTarget( zypp.Pathname("/") ) Z.target().load();

for item in Z.pool(): if not item.status().isInstalled(): continue

print "%s:%s-%s.%s\t(%s)" % ( item.kind(), item.name(), item.edition(), item.arch(), item.repoInfo().alias() ) if zypp.isKindPackage( item ): print " Group: %s" %(zypp.asKindPackage( item ).group( ) )

(see also examples/python/list_resolvables.py)

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* the source a package has been installed from

You could try to lookup the package in /var/log/zypp/history. The 'install' entry lists at least the alias of the repo the package came from.

2009-05-04 12:07:39|install|xteddy|2.0.1-40.126|i586|root@Fibonacci| repo-oss|ab35dda25455d04f872ad4bceba72b7aef621195

Unfortunately there seems to be no reader interface for the history file in libzypp. I suppose Jano implemented the reader for zypper only. There are HistoryItem datastructures, but I don't see methods to recreate them from the loglines. Nor any convenience to (reverse) iterate the history file. Maybe Jano has some code that can be moved to libzypp, so we could offer a history reader in zypp and also the bindings.

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via python

Have found some doc about python/libzypp, but it does not tell me how to query for the package source of an inst. pkg (http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/10/03/developing-with-libyuilibzypp-pytho n-part3/).

Besides this I have found some promising C++ code which I however could not translate to python (methods/obj do not seem to exist in /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/zypp.py): http://pastebin.com/m3d26a44

The code won't help you. Look at the 'item.repoInfo().alias()' output in the above example. An installed packages repository is the '@system' repository, aka the rpm database, an not the repository package was installed from.

What if I wanna parse /var/log/zypp/history myself? 2008-12-09 21:42:08|install|translation-update|10.3-46.41|noarch| root@build23|repo|3b64255a6e035a146d9da1fc6584133dbba5c81c i.e. date|install|package.name|version|target/arch|?|?|? Where can I find the repo tag? How do I resolve the repo tag in order to get what would be put into the Alias or Name column of zypper lr? May I also directly extract this info from a file without having to use any special library? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org

Klaus Kaempf schrieb:

* Elmar Stellnberger [May 05. 2009 17:06]:

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What if I wanna parse /var/log/zypp/history myself?

Should be rather easy, its a line of '|' separated values. See http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Package_History for a detailed documentation of the various fields.

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2008-12-09 21:42:08|install|translation-update|10.3-46.41|noarch| root@build23|repo|3b64255a6e035a146d9da1fc6584133dbba5c81c

i.e. date|install|package.name|version|target/arch|?|?|?

Where can I find the repo tag?

The log contains the 'repo alias' as used in zypper.

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How do I resolve the repo tag in order to get what would be put into the Alias or Name column of zypper lr? You don't ;-)

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May I also directly extract this info from a file without having to use any special library?

Sure. It was one of the design criteria to have an easily parseable history log.

Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

Unfortunately the data in the history file contains a few errors:

grep transfig /var/log/zypp/history 2009-02-24 21:36:57|ralias |knetstats-suse11.0|os11.0-knetstats2009-02-25 16:18:36|install|transfig|3.2.5-159.11|x86_64||openSUSE 11.1-0|3cad487e1add0e45af4b9a7f420fe3522b1a1916

i.e. the line of transfig has been merged with the line of ralias. It is the same for another package; i.e. libotr Perhaps I should file a bug report on this.

grep libotr /var/log/zypp/history 2009-03-03 16:24:28|ralias |os11.0-qstardict|os11.0-KDE-Community2009-03-03 16:26:44|install|libotr2|3.2.0-1.24|x86_64||openSUSE 11.1-0|7b91844d33549f73bff4f0946e764682039fcba5

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* Elmar Stellnberger [May 06. 2009 14:01]:

Unfortunately the data in the history file contains a few errors:

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grep transfig /var/log/zypp/history 2009-02-24 21:36:57|ralias |knetstats-suse11.0|os11.0-knetstats2009-02-25 16:18:36|install|transfig|3.2.5-159.11|x86_64||openSUSE 11.1-0|3cad487e1add0e45af4b9a7f420fe3522b1a1916

i.e. the line of transfig has been merged with the line of ralias. It is the same for another package; i.e. libotr Perhaps I should file a bug report on this.

Please do. The history log is new in OpenSUSE 11.1 and we don't have the tools to use it to its full potential yet. Thus errors in the history might escape undetected. Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org

What about the ominous repo-repo?

head -1 /var/log/zypp/history 2008-12-09 21:42:05|radd |repo|file:/usr/src/packages/BUILD/openSUSE-images-11.1/gnome_cd-x11/home/rpmdir

I have never added such a repo and repo-repo is as well not displayed by 'zypper repos'. According to the history file almost 300 packages have been drawn from this fake repo, which points to an invalid URL namely file:/usr/src/packages/BUILD/openSUSE-images-11.1/gnome_cd-x11/home/rpmdir. Is this an error of zypper? What shell repo-repo stand for and where does it come from? Klaus Kaempf schrieb:

* Elmar Stellnberger [May 05. 2009 17:06]:

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What if I wanna parse /var/log/zypp/history myself?

Should be rather easy, its a line of '|' separated values. See http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Package_History for a detailed documentation of the various fields.

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2008-12-09 21:42:08|install|translation-update|10.3-46.41|noarch| root@build23|repo|3b64255a6e035a146d9da1fc6584133dbba5c81c

i.e. date|install|package.name|version|target/arch|?|?|?

Where can I find the repo tag?

The log contains the 'repo alias' as used in zypper.

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How do I resolve the repo tag in order to get what would be put into the Alias or Name column of zypper lr? You don't ;-)

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May I also directly extract this info from a file without having to use any special library?

Sure. It was one of the design criteria to have an easily parseable history log.

Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

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On Monday 15 June 2009 15:23:58 Klaus Kaempf wrote:

* Elmar Stellnberger [Jun 08. 2009 17:24]:

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What about the ominous repo-repo?

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head -1 /var/log/zypp/history

2008-12-09 21:42:05|radd

|repo|file:/usr/src/packages/BUILD/openSUSE-images-11.1/gnome_cd-x11/home |/rpmdir

I have never added such a repo and repo-repo is as well not displayed by 'zypper repos'. According to the history file almost 300 packages have been drawn from this fake repo, which points to an invalid URL namely file:/usr/src/packages/BUILD/openSUSE-images-11.1/gnome_cd-x11/home/rpmdi r.

Is this an error of zypper? What shell repo-repo stand for and where does it come from?

The path looks like a SUSE internal directory used for ISO creation. So this repo might be your install media.

It looks like a history bug to me.

Well, the history file seems to be included in the deployed image, and probably shows how the image was created. If the information is reliable, the repo alias should be more descriptive and maybe the repo should also be deleted at the end. Otherwise we should delete the history. I filed https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513486 for this. -- cu, Michael Andres +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Key fingerprint = 2DFA 5D73 18B1 E7EF A862 27AC 3FB8 9E3A 27C6 B0E4 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Andres YaST Development ma@novell.com SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, ++49 (0)911 - 740 53-0 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 17 June 2009 22:22:47 Elmar Stellnberger wrote:

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Well, the history file seems to be included in the deployed image, and probably shows how the image was created. If the information is reliable, the repo alias should be more descriptive and maybe the repo should also be deleted at the end. Otherwise we should delete the history.

I filed https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513486 for this.

What kind of image? Do you mean the initial set of preinstalled packages from the initial system installation? That sounds quite convincing since all installations on the beginning and only at the beginning of zypp/history show up with repo-repo. In deed all these packages can be found on the DVD. Perhaps we should mention repo-repo at the official zypp/history description.

Yes, the initial installation from DVD uses prepared images to speed up installation. You can find them in the /images directory on the media. -- cu, Michael Andres +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Key fingerprint = 2DFA 5D73 18B1 E7EF A862 27AC 3FB8 9E3A 27C6 B0E4 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Andres YaST Development ma@novell.com SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, ++49 (0)911 - 740 53-0 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org

Klaus Kaempf schrieb:

* Michael Andres [May 05. 2009 12:24]:

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On Monday 04 May 2009 02:28:02 Elmar Stellnberger wrote:

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wanna make a package stat - how many packages are currently installed from a given source: how can I * query for all installed packages Z = zypp.ZYppFactory_instance().getZYpp() Z.initializeTarget( zypp.Pathname("/") ) Z.target().load();

The satsolver provide an alternative for simple package operations. A simple example would be

import satsolver

pool = satsolver.Pool() pool.set_arch("i686") repo = pool.add_rpmdb( "/" ) print repo.size(), " installed packages" for s in pool: print s, s.vendor()

(see sat-solver/bindings/python/tests/rpmdb.py http://git.opensuse.org/?p=projects/zypp/sat-solver.git;a=blob_plain;f=bindi...)

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The code won't help you. Look at the 'item.repoInfo().alias()' output in the above example. An installed packages repository is the '@system' repository, aka the rpm database, an not the repository package was installed from.

Actually, I question the value of this information because of mirrors. The package origin, usually covered in the package vendor and its signing key, is more valuable.

Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

Does this code simply query the vendor tag of installed rpms? .. or does it use the info from /var/log/zypp/history or any other source? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 20:17:14 Klaus Kaempf wrote:

* Elmar Stellnberger [May 05. 2009 17:08]:

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Does this code simply query the vendor tag of installed rpms? .. or does it use the info from /var/log/zypp/history or any other source?

The libsatsolver only operates on .solv files and the rpm database, it does not use /var/log/zypp/history

Same for libzypp. -- cu, Michael Andres +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Key fingerprint = 2DFA 5D73 18B1 E7EF A862 27AC 3FB8 9E3A 27C6 B0E4 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Andres YaST Development ma@novell.com SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, ++49 (0)911 - 740 53-0 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org