[Spacewalk-list] Unused packages

[Andreas Dijkman]

We are using the script "spacewalk-remove-old-packages -- Deletes packages without channel OR outdated packages from one channel" from https://github.com/angrox/spacewalk-api-scripts

On 5 Feb 2018, at 23:45, Matthew Madey <mattmadey at gmail.com<mailto:mattmadey at gmail.com>> wrote:

I'm looking to do some cleanup of packages in Spacewalk, but not yet sure how to approach the problem. I'd like to identify packages managed by Spacewalk in specific channels that are not installed on any servers. We have many developers pushing content to Spacewalk 24/7. Over time, we end up with tens of thousands of packages that are no longer needed in any lifecycle. I know there are some API's to determine what servers have a specific package installed, but I'm looking for the opposite.. identify packages that are not installed on any Spacewalk managed server.. I think that will give me a better idea of what can be purged.

I'm also looking for a good way to manage this in the future.. for instance, allowing "n" number of versions of a specific package, and programmatically removing the oldest versions that exceed "n" number.. has anyone attempted this or have advice on how I could go about doing it?
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