[rhn-users] rhn update release metadata?

[Marti, Robert]

The only way satellite knows what point release its deploying is the redhat-release rpm.  On point releases, they update a lot of packages all at once, and that marks the new point release.  Theres nothing in any metadata or rpm that says "This is a 5.4 package, so make sure that its a 5.4 box before applying"

What is the end goal of getting this information?  You might be going about it the wrong way.

Rob Marti
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From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of danwest at comcast.net [danwest at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 07:42
To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] rhn update release metadata?

Right, but RHN must pass some meta-data description to satellite (or other consumers) so that complete update releases can be applied to nodes at once.
For instance completely patching from RHEL 5.3 to RHEL 5.4.

What I am wondering is other than what the actual ISO contains what is the meta-data that RHN uses to describe the update?
Or does RHN not have the ability to pass along complete update description data to define that atom update action?

Thanks,
 Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff" <cperry at redhat.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:29:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] rhn update release metadata?

danwest at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Does anyone know how redhat/rhn defines a update release?  Is there
> some metadata file that contains what errata updates make up the release?
in short no. Maintenance releases are defined due to the ISO being
released, which for RHN coincides with the fact that a huge amount of
Errata is released that same day into said channels.

Cliff

>
> Thanks,
>  Dan
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