Trouble resolving dependencies/conflicts using YUM’s python API

[Dan Muey <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Yum folks!

Thanks in advance for any info, I really appreciate it!

We are trying to have yum resolve dependencies using the yum python API given the current state of the repo and a list of packages we want installed, updated, and removed.

I have been trying to use http://yum.baseurl.org/api/yum/yum/depsolve.html and while my simple test does return conflicts (in the form of error strings, ick) it is not finding dependencies:

import yum

import sys

yb = yum.YumBase()

yb.conf.cache = True

resolution_data = []

for package_name in sys.argv[1:]:

    yb.install(name=package_name)

res = yb.resolveDeps()

(result, resultmsgs) = yb.buildTransaction()

print "Result:"

print result

print "Result MSGs:"

print resultmsgs

if (res[0] == 1):

    for item in res[1]:

        if item not in resolution_data:

            resolution_data.append(item)

print "Res Data:"

print resolution_data

example output:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, post-transaction-actions, presto, refresh-

              : packagekit

Result:

1

Result MSGs:

['XYZ conflicts with ABC', 'ABC conflicts with XYZ']

Res Data:

['XYZ conflicts with ABC', 'ABC conflicts with XYZ']

So my questions are:

1. Is http://yum.baseurl.org/api/yum/yum/depsolve.html the right thing to use for this?
2. Is there a way to have it return conflicts as a data structure instead of a string?
3. Is there a way to have it also do dependencies that would need installed and updated?
4. Will it calculate the dependencies when I add in some yb.remove() and yb.upgrade() calls before the yb.resolveDeps() call?
5. The examples I can find all call yb.buildTransaction() which would actually do the install/etc correct? If so is there a way to make it a dry run (i.e. on;y do the derp resolution)?

This Given/When/Then may illustrate the goal also.

GIVEN the current state of my RPMs

foo : installed

bar : not_installed

baz : updatable

WHEN I want to explicitly install, update, or uninstall packages

install : [bar,ler]

uninstall : [foo]

upgrade : [baz]

THEN I want to be able know [what would need/will be] implicitly installed, updated, or uninstalled (recursively)

resolved : {

    install : [baz] # because bar depends on it

    uninstall : [wop,jib] # because wop conflicts with bar && jib conflicts with ler

    upgrade : [zig] # because newer baz requires a newer version of zig

}

Then we can highlight/deal with the case where a package exists in more than one install/uninstall/upgrade slot :)

Thanks in advance!

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Dan Muey - cPanel Developer
dan@xxxxxxxxxx

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