[Spacewalk-list] eva-direct-errata-sync.pl setup & example usage

[Elias Abacioglu]

Hello list,

This is my very first post on this list.
I have questions regarding eva-direct-errata-sync.pl.
I have both RHEL and CentOS channels in my spacewalk. I'm pretty new to all
this and wondering how I should setup the errata sync.

I have the following RHEL channels in my spacewalk:
rh6-x64-base-channel ( = rhel-x86_64-server-6)
rh6-x64-optional-channel ( = rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6)
rh5-x64-base-channel ( = rhel-x86_64-server-5)
rh5-x64-rhn_tools-channel ( = rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5)

And the following CentOS channels:
centos6-x64-base-channel (contains base and updates repos)
centos5-x64-base-channel (contains base and updates repos)
centos5-x32-base-channel (contains base and updates repos)

I want to run errata sync every night for both my RHEL and CentOS channels.
So what I've come up with so far is this:
ERRATASRCUSER=xxx
ERRATADSTUSER=xxx
ERRATASRCPASS=xxx
ERRATADSTPASS=xxx
ERRATADST=localhost
./eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-5
--destinationchannel=rh5-x64-base-channel -F day
./eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-6
--destinationchannel=rh6-x64-base-channel -F day

So for the child channel rh6-x64-optional-channel, do I use the -r flag?
And what will happen with my channel label name differences
(rh6-x64-optional-channel/rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6)?
*#   -r or --recursive
*
When do I use these flags?
*#   -e RH or --rewriteerratanamefrom RH
#   -E CENTOSX86_64 or --rewriteerratanameto CENTOSX86_64
**#   --rewritepackagereleasefrom el6
#   --rewritepackagereleaseto el6.centos
*

My best guess for the CentOS channels I should use these flags:
./eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-5
--destinationchannel=centos5-x64-base-channel --rewritepackagereleasefrom
el6 --rewritepackagereleaseto el6.centos -F day
./eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-6
--destinationchannel=centos6-x64-base-channel --rewritepackagereleasefrom
el6 --rewritepackagereleaseto el6.centos -F day
./eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourcechannel=rhel-i386-server-5
--destinationchannel=centos5-x32-base-channel --rewritepackagereleasefrom
el6 --rewritepackagereleaseto el6.centos -F day

Are my assumptions/examples correct? If not, can someone correct me?

Regards,
Elias Abacioglu
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