[Spacewalk-list] Removing errata disassociates packages with channels

[Jason M. Nielsen]

On 04/14/2011 10:01 AM, r.rigby at leeds.ac.uk wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Jason M. Nielsen wrote:
>
>> On 04/14/2011 09:28 AM, Miroslav Suchý wrote:
>>> On 04/14/2011 05:17 PM, Jason M. Nielsen wrote:
>>>> Spacewalk 1.2:
>>>> I discovered that removing an errata causes all of the associated
>>>> packages with said errata to end up in no channels. I could be wrong but
>>>> this seems like a bug. I have not tested all scenarios but it seems you
>>>> could have at least two legit reasons to do this and not affect the
>>>> packages. 1)Incorrectly setup errata. 2)Errata associated with one arch
>>>> and not the other yet it has all packages listed, no way to separate.
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>
>>> I believe this is correct scenario.
>>>
>>> And you can very easily delete all packages, which is in no channel -
>>> AFAIK just 3 clicks.
>>>
>>
>> What if you dont want the packages removed, only the errata?
>>
>>
>
> hi jason,
>
> i believe you first have to remove the package from the errata.
> this can be done from the web interface through 'manage errata', in the
> 'packages' section.
> once you have removed the package from the errata, it should be possible
> to delete the errata, without also deleting the packages.
> it looks like there are relevant api calls to do the same, though i
> personally haven't used these before.
>
> thanks,
>
> richard

Perhaps a feature request. A toggle box that says "dont move packages". 
ie: errata.removePackages then errata.delete.

Thanks,
Jason.

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