[et-mgmt-tools] Re: Cobbler reposync cron script

[Michael DeHaan]

Robin Bowes wrote:
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>> Matt Hyclak wrote:
>>> cobbler stops processing the remaining repos if it hits an error in 
>>> one, so doing them one at a time allows the others to complete.
>>>   
>>
>> That's something we can do in the code later, no doubt. Until then, 
>> this does the job. The great thing is it doesn't really matter if 
>> it's Python or shell as long as it works :)
>>
>> I'll see about adding a --retries to reposync in the future. I 
>> believe there is already an RFE for a flag to skip the ones that
>> fail without blocking the rest.
>
> I think that should be the default - report if a repo fails, but keep 
> going.
>
> In a similar vein to Sandor, I would think that something like the 
> following would suffice in most cases:
>
> for repo in `cobbler repo list`
> do
>     cobbler reposync --only=${repo} > /dev/null
> done
>
> I'd actually like to see much less output. For example, only reporting 
> if any RPMS were downloaded or removed.
>
> R.
>
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Sounds reasonable.

As far as much less output goes, and the failure handling options, this 
is a fairly easy patch to make if someone wants to take a crack at it.   
Otherwise, it's another item on the big list of great requests :)

Hop on #cobbler and I'll even provide help.

--Michael