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== RPM based Software Maintenance on DESY UNIX Systems ==
 * Talk of Stephan Wiesand, 27.1.2004
   [[attachment:rpm_based_software_management.ps]]

== ppm ==

=== ppm Tools ===
 * '''/opt/products/sbin/check_prpm''' ''specfile''
 * '''/opt/products/sbin/add_prpm''' ''specfile''
  * parses spec
  * checks for enough space
  * copies all RPMs (including the SRPM)
  * releases all volumes involved
  * ATTENTION for noarch RPMS: add_prpm updated only the database for the ''current'' plattform
  * you have to run ''update_ppmdb''
 * '''/opt/products/sbin/update_ppmdb'''

=== Reference Installation ===
 * on build hosts
 * as root: touch /etc/nosue && mount --bind /opt_tmp/ /opt
 * ppm -qFM > /tmp/ppm.cf
 * check for enough space
 * ppm -vM[x] /tmp/ppm.cf
  * check if volumes released
 * rm /tmp/ppm.cf
 * as root: umount /opt && rm -vf /etc/nosue

=== Using populate mechanism to distribute prpm package selections ===
 * cfengine feature '''products'''
 * Defining variables in cfengine starting with cf_ppm_  followed by a name which can be used for a selections of rpm packages, i.e.
{{{
  CF_ppm_sl5
  CF_ppm_desktop
  CF_ppm_theorie
  CF_ppm_server
}}}
 * Syntax: ''name prior name prior ...''
 * name has to correspond to a file in '${CF_PREFIX_PRODUCTS}/archive/${OS_ARCH}/etc/ppm.d' with suffix .cf
 * you can define package selections which will be put onto the specified host or host groups.
 * CF_ppm_REMOVE  special variable to remove packages from the selection

{{{
  brutus-vm9: 
     CF_ppm_host        java-local 75

  sl5-def:
     CF_ppm_sl5         base 00

  desktop-mod:
     CF_ppm_wgs         interactive 20

  dv-mod:
     CF_ppm_REMOVE      geant
}}}