[Spacewalk-list] centos-errata.py and announcement list format changes

[Lopez, Abel]

I was able to process the 2012-January file using the 0.2 version of the
errata script.
Few steps required.
I changed my channel type to sha256 for both my base and update channel,
I did a simple `sed -ie 's/CentOS 6/CentOS 6 x86_64' 2012-January.txt`

So there isn't a valid reason why spacewalk search "can't" work.

On 1/18/12 10:54 AM, "David Nutter" <davidn at bioss.ac.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 08:54:16PM +0000, David Nutter wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> As some of you may have noticed the format of the centos-announce
>> messages has changed, thus breaking my script that creates errata for
>> them (http://www.bioss.ac.uk/staff/davidn/spacewalk-stuff/)
>> 
>> I am working on a fix but unfortunately the changes required are
>> fairly involved so it may be a day or two before I have a release
>> ready and tested. Apologies for any inconvenience you may experience
>> in the meantime.
>
>Hi folks,
>
>A new release is now available (finally):
>
>http://www.bioss.ac.uk/staff/davidn/spacewalk-stuff/
>
>Due to format changes in the centos-announce mailing lists, the
>parsing logic has been completely rewritten. It's still horrible
>though :)
>
>Also, you will now have to use the "dir" package search strategy as
>the other two strategies "spacewalk" and "satellitedir" both rely on
>obtaining the md5sum from the centos-announce mailings. Since upstream
>now sends sha256 checksums these techniques can't work.
>
>I note with interest various discussions on the CentOS lists about
>making errata available in a more useful form. Hopefully my script
>won't be required for too much longer.
>
>Regards,
>
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