On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:08:09PM -0500, Nielsen, Steve alleged:
> I am using rsync now but when I want to merge the updates I get from rsync into my distro area (for kickstart installs) that is where it becomes a problem. Basically that is what I am asking is what tools do people use to merge updated RPMs into the distribution area.
>
> So the basic steps would be:
> rsync down the updates
> merge udpates into distro <--- here
for oldrpm in oldrpms/*.rpm;do
oldid=`rpm -qp --qf '%{NAME}-%{ARCH}' $oldrpm
for newrpm in newrpms/*.rpm;do
newid=`rpm -qp --qf '%{NAME}-%{ARCH}' $newrpm
if [ "$newid" = "$oldid" ];then
echo "Removing old $oldrpm"
rm $oldrpm
fi
done
echo "Copying new $newrpm"
cp $newrpm oldrpms/
done
--
Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator
University of Southern California
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