8.37. createrepo

Bug Fixes

BZ#1035588

Previously, the createrepo utility did not test file locking correctly. As a consequence, createrepo terminated unexpectedly with a traceback when it was executed in a directory located on a Common Internet File System (CIFS) share provided by a NetApp storage appliance. The test for file locking has been corrected and createrepo now works as expected in the described situation.

BZ#1083185

Prior to this update, if the createrepo utility was executed with the "-i" or "--pkglist" options and the specified file name did not exist, createrepo terminated unexpectedly with a traceback. The createrepo utility has been modified to handle this error condition properly, and it now exits gracefully in this situation.

BZ#1088886

Prior to this update, the createrepo packages had descriptions which did not indicate that the maintenance utilities were present in the package. This update corrects this omission.

Enhancements

BZ#952602

This update introduces support for the following new options to the modifyrepo utility: "--checksum", used to specify the checksum type; "--unique-md-filenames", used to include the file's checksum in the file name; and "--simple-md-filenames", used to not include the file's checksum in the file name. The "--unique-md-filenames" option is a default option for this utility.

BZ#1093713

Previously, certain options were not described in the modifyrepo(1) and mergerepo(1) man pages. These man pages now document the following modifyrepo utility command line options: "--mdtype", "--remove", "--compress", "--no-compress", "--compress-type", "--checksum", "--unique-md-filenames", "--simple-md-filenames", "--version", and "--help". These man pages also now document the following mergerepo utility command line options: "--no-database", "--compress-type", "--version", and "--help".