<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I want to delete all fedora 10 packages. I use this script but nothing happen. <o:p></o:p> Script:<o:p></o:p> #Start Script<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> #!/usr/bin/perl<o:p></o:p> use Frontier::Client;<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> my $HOST = 'spacewalk2.”domain”;<o:p></o:p> my $user = 'spacewalk';<o:p></o:p> my $pass = 'spacewalk';<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> my $client = new Frontier::Client(url => "https://$HOST/rpc/api");<o:p></o:p> my $session = $client->call('auth.login',$user, $pass);<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> my $channels = $client->call('channel.software.listPackagesWithoutChannel', $session);<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> foreach my $channel (@$channels)<o:p></o:p> {<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> print "Deleting orphaned package: ".$channel->{'name'}."\n";<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> $client->call('packages.removePackage', $session, $channel->{'id'} );<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> }<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> $client->call('auth.logout', $session);<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> #End Script<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Must I delete the packages at first from /var/satellite/redhat/1/ ?<o:p></o:p> or delete this script also the packages from there and from Spacewalk UI?<o:p></o:p> If I delete from Spacewalk UI, this error will display<o:p></o:p> Service Temporarily Unavailable<o:p></o:p> The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.<o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at spacewalk2<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sorry for bad English<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'> From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Joaquin Raventos Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 4:41 PM To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] removing channels and packages<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Michiel, Try running this script. Works for me to get rid of all the obsolete packages. Just change the $HOST, $user, and $pass variables to match you environment. Thanks, Joaquin ------------------------------------------------------------ #Start Script #!/usr/bin/perl use Frontier::Client; my $HOST = '<a href="http://server.domain.com">server.domain.com</a>'; my $user = 'user'; my $pass = 'password'; my $client = new Frontier::Client(url => "http://$HOST/rpc/api"); my $session = $client->call('auth.login',$user, $pass); my $channels = $client->call('channel.software.listPackagesWithoutChannel', $session); foreach my $channel (@$channels) { print "Deleting orphaned package: ".$channel->{'name'}."\n"; $client->call('packages.removePackage', $session, $channel->{'id'} ); } $client->call('auth.logout', $session); #End Script<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>