[Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

Fri Apr 10 13:12:39 UTC 2020

Going back to the question of permanently removing a package from a subscribed channel, I followed these steps 

 Channels --> Manage Software Channels --> Manage Repositories --> <Label> --> Filters (last field on the screen).

And put -firefox* in the filters box and clicked update repository. The name of the file(s) I am trying remove is firefox-68.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64, there are a few with this type of name, all beginning with firefox. I also deleted (which is temporary) the firefox packages that had already synced down previous.

The channel syncs every night, so I checked again this morning, and the package was not blocked. Any ideas why it didn’t work?

Regards,

Sulove

From: <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> on behalf of Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com>
Reply-To: <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 2:50 PM
To: <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

If you're using spacewalk-repo-sync to sync an upstream yum repo to spacewalk, you can edit the following file:

# cat /etc/rhn/spacewalk-repo-sync/yum.conf
[ansible-rhel7-x86_64]
exclude=ansible-2.9*,ansible-test-2.9*

[epel7-centos7-x86_64]
exclude=ansible-*

[epel7-rhel7-x86_64]
exclude=ansible-*

This ensures my Spacewalk mirrors EPEL, but does not include any RPMs named ansible (since they're no longer maintained).  It also ensures I don't mirror ansible 2.9 from the upstream ansible-rhel7-x86_64 yum repo.

I had to clean the RPMs out of my channels manually once or twice, but adding these statements ensure they're not mirrored in the future.

/Brian/

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 2:25 PM Stefan Bluhm <redhat.com at bluhm-de.com> wrote:

The way I do that is via the command line on the system: yum versionlock [1].

You might also want to create a channel copy and assign the system to that specific channel.

You can also lock the complete system via Spacewalk, but I don't think you are looking for that.

[] 1https://access.redhat.com/solutions/98873

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Von: "Sulove Khanal" <skhanal at aplura.com>
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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. April 2020 20:11:50
Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

That worked, thank you all for the help. One more question, is there a way to make a/one package not get pushed/synced to one particular system within a Spacewalk channel environment? If so, how?

Regards,
Sulove

On 4/8/20, 11:15 AM, "Stefan Bluhm" <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of redhat.com at bluhm-de.com> wrote:

    Hello Sulove,

    check out the filters in the repository settings:

    Channels --> Manage Software Channels --> Manage Repositories --> <Label> --> Filters (last field on the screen).

    - excludes
    + includes

    Best wishes,

    Stefan

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    Von: "Sulove Khanal" <skhanal at aplura.com>
    An: "spacewalk-list" <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
    Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. April 2020 15:36:43
    Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

    Where on the WebUI am I able to block these packages? The only thing I see is to delete a package within a channel, which will reappear the next time it syncs. (Manage software channels ---> click on # of packages in channel, search for package in question, click remove.)

    Regards,
    Sulove

    On 4/7/20, 4:21 PM, "Robert Paschedag" <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of robert.paschedag at web.de> wrote:

        I would go via the WebUI and edit the channel

        ⁣sent from my mobile device

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        Von: Sulove Khanal <skhanal at aplura.com>
        Gesendet: Tue Apr 07 21:12:57 GMT+02:00 2020
        An: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
        Betreff: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

        Is the channel definition within the command line? How would I get to where I want to go?

        For example, if I want to block Firefox package updates from a channel called "centos7-x86-64," what commands would I run exactly? I am a beginner Spacewalk user.

        Regards,
        Sulove

        On 4/7/20, 2:54 PM, "Robert Paschedag" <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of robert.paschedag at web.de> wrote:

            Within the channel definition, you can specify to block certain packages. Something like

            "-perl*" would not sync perl packages.

            Note that this might break dependencies.

            Robert

            ⁣sent from my mobile device

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            Von: Sulove Khanal <skhanal at aplura.com>
            Gesendet: Tue Apr 07 15:54:21 GMT+02:00 2020
            An: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
            Betreff: [Spacewalk-list] Permanently remove package from subscribed channel

            Hi,

            Is there a way to permanently remove packages from a Spacewalk channel? I am receiving Firefox package updates in a Centos7 channel that I don’t believe should be occurring; I’ve figured out a way to temporarily delete the Firefox package updates, but once the channel syncs (which is often), the Firefox updates pull again and I am left with the same issue.

            Thank you,

            Sulove

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