hi people I would like to be able to determine the size of each package available in a yum repository - without doing a 'yum info' on each package. I want to be able to list the available packages on a web page with the size of the package next to it - then users can check the packages that they wish to be included in a 'yum update/install xxxx' and click the update button. Firstly I run a 'yum list' to get the list of what is available - and then run the results through 'rpm -q package[i]' to see if it is available for install or update (ie. if package exists locally - update, if not - install). The advantage of this pre-run 'yum list' is that I have all of the current headers on the client machine. What I then wanted to do was check header.info and pick out the size of each package and use it to display on my web page next to the package name. Unfortunately package size is not one of the goodies in the header.info file for each package :\ Without hacking pullheaders.py - does anyone have an idea on how I can get package size info on the client (for the new packages on the yum server) ? thanks pantz -- Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes ... That way when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes!
