[Spacewalk-list] Script to cleanup obsolete packages in channels

[pradelles nicolas]

Hi,
You will find attached a new version of this script rewritten in python.
The new script is dramatically faster and don't have little glitches
with channels and packages names.
You have to modify lines 33 to 36 to comply with your spacewalk
configuration.

Maybe in a future version I would add input arguments and exception
catchers ... but it will in the future ;)


Regards,
Nicolas

-----Original Message-----
From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Trent Johnson
Sent: 23 avril 2012 18:45
To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Script to cleanup obsolete packages in
channels

Thanks Mike - I started running it yesterday on a two year old 
installation - it's still going, but a lot of cruft has been removed.

I had to make a channel called "aaaaaa" otherwise it skips the first 
channel.

Thanks,
Trent


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On 04/17/2012 05:47 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> On 04/17/2012 04:24 AM, pradelles nicolas wrote:
>> Please find attached a little script who cleanup obsolete and unused
>> packages in all channels on a spacewalk server. It is a very
preliminary
>> version, so be indulgent;)
>>
>> You have to modify lines 26-29 to comply with your spacewalk
>> configuration.	
>
> Thanks for this. I needed it already on my first spacewalk install
when
> I messed up my channel layout. Apparently a repo sync doesn't work if
> the packages already exist on the file system. After setting up a
> channel, adding a repo, and syncing, I had packages in my channel.
> However, I had to delete the channel and set it up again. When I hit
> "Sync" my package count stayed at 0. I ran your script and ran "Sync"
> again and I had packages in my channel again. 


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