Newest rpm from the channels

[Pascal Bleser]

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Andreas Bach Aaen wrote:
> I want to get the name of the newest available rpm. I don't want to install 
> anything, and I don't want to know which other rpms to install.
> 
> smart install -o rpm-root=/someemptyplace -o rpm-nodeps=true --urls kernel
> 
> Now I want to get output like:
> 
> http://somepath/kernel-2.6.19.3-0.5.i586.rpm
> 
> I fact I get a huge number of rpms listed. How do I get the expanded name of 
> the newest available, without checking the dependency graph?
> 
> It seems that the nodeps option doesn't do anything

nodeps only has an impact on the rpm installation transaction, doing the
same as "rpm --install/upgrade --nodeps".

I've implemented something similar, a "newer" command that shows what
packages are upgrade candidates (only upgrade, not install).
Not tested all that much yet, but doesn't do any harm.

You can grab it from here:
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/files/smart/newer.py

Just copy it under
PYTHON_PREFIX/site-packages/smart/commands/newer.py

and run it as "smart newer" (no need to be root)

It performs an upgrade computation but doesn't actually installs the
upgrades and just outputs the upgrade candidates in an ASCII-art table.

Maybe you can use that as a base to implement what you're looking for.

cheers
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