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rpm version comparison in python - asad - Jul-26-2018

Hi All ,

I have just read python and I was checking to code rpm version comparion .

list1 = ["binutils-2.23.52.0.1-12.el7.x86_64","compat-libcap1-1.10-3.el7.x86_64","gcc-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64","gcc-c++-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64", 
         "glibc-2.17-36.el7.i686","glibc-2.17-36.el7.x86_64","glibc-devel-2.17-36.el7.i686"  ] 

list2 = [
basesystem-10.0-7.0.1.el7 (noarch)
bash-4.2.46-29.el7_4 (x86_64)
bc-1.06.95-13.el7 (x86_64)
bind-libs-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 (x86_64)
bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 (x86_64)
bind-license-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 (noarch)
bind-utils-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 (x86_64)
binutils-2.25.1-32.base.el7_4.2 (x86_64)
biosdevname-0.7.2-2.el7 (x86_64)
btrfs-progs-4.9.1-1.0.2.el7 (x86_64)
bzip2-1.0.6-13.el7 (x86_64)
bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.el7 (i686)
bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.el7 (x86_64)
ca-certificates-2017.2.14-71.el7 (noarch)
c-ares-1.10.0-3.el7 (x86_64)
checkpolicy-2.5-4.el7 (x86_64)
chkconfig-1.7.4-1.el7 (x86_64)
compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7 (x86_64)
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7 (i686)
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7 (x86_64) ]

Is there any was we can perform a comparison with list1 and list2 and print all the new versions of rpm present in list2 and if certain rpm's which are present in list 1 but not in list 2 it should say missing rpm's and print the rpm name.

I tried this :

sys_pkg = 'binutils-2.23.52.0.1-12.el7.x86_64'
repo_pkg = 'binutils-2.25.1-32.base.el7_4.2 (x86_64)'

result = rpm.compare_packages(repo_pkg, sys_pkg)
print result

if result > 0:  # repo_pkg is newer
    print('Repo package is newer')

It works well for single rpm's for not for the list .

If anyone is a aware of a code please share it with me I am unable to progress on this code .

RE: rpm version comparison in python - buran - Jul-26-2018

Your second list is not defined correctly, add quotes to make elements sting, as well as commas.

RE: rpm version comparison in python - asad - Jul-27-2018

Hi Plan to create 2 dictionary's data set there for need a regular expression get the package name and version name seperate:

I want to get a regex to actually get the rpm name and version for comparison :

binutils-2.23.52.0.1-12.el7.x86_64",
compat-libcap1-1.10-3.el7.x86_64"
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.i686

(^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]*)\-\d'

First part of the regular expression is ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]
which means search for anything that begins with a letter
(lower or upper) or a number up until you reach an
hyphen sign (‘-‘).

but it fails to match :compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.i686

Please let me know what regex should i use to extract all 3
rpms names.

Also let me know if there are web tools to build regex
Good websites for regex tutorials.

Is there any module in python which acheives this

Thanks,

RE: rpm version comparison in python - buran - Jul-27-2018

(Jul-27-2018, 12:57 PM)asad Wrote: let me know if there are web tools to build regex
Good websites for regex tutorials.

check http://regex101.com

nice to test your regex, has explanations and can generate python code