list *all* available package updates using XMLRPC API
Steve Huff <[email protected]> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:16:29 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.rhn.user |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hello folks! I'm trying to query the RHN XMLRPC API in order to generate a list of all the available updated packages for our various RHN-subscribed hosts; unfortunately, what I get from the API and what I get from `yum check-update` differ dramatically. For example, running `yum check-update` on a host that's currently running RHEL5.3, I see 176 updated packages available (that's the RHEL5.4 update). However, when I issue the 'system.listLatestUpgradablePackages' API call, I only see updates available for packages associated with specific errata in RHN, which is a much smaller subset. Is there a different API call that I should be using that will give me an equivalent list? thanks, -Steve -- Steve Huff - Systems Administrator, HMDC - [email protected]