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rpmconf — Python interface for rpmconf

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class rpmconf.RpmConf(packages=None, clean=False, debug=False, selinux=False, diff=False, frontend=None, test=None, exclude=None, root=None, unattended=None)

Parameters

• packages (list) – Check only configuration files of given packages.
• clean (bool) – Find and delete orphaned .rpmnew and .rpmsave files.
• debug (bool) – Dry run. Just show which files will be deleted.
• selinux (bool) – Display SELinux context of old and new file.
• diff (bool) – Non-interactive diff mode. Useful to audit configs.
• frontend (str) – Define which frontend should be used for merging.
• test (bool) – Only test if there is some file to merge.
• exclude (listi) – List of directories which should be skipped.
• root (str) – Defines alternative installroot.
• unattended (str) – Defines unattended mode.

Variables

• packages – list of rpm.mi
• clean – bool
• diff – bool
• frontend – str
• selinux – bool
• debug – bool
• logger – logging.Logger
• root – str
• unattended – str

static flush_input(question)

Flush stdin and then as the question.

Parameters

question (str) – String to ask

Returns

User string

Return type

str

get_list_of_config(package)

Get all files marked as config in package

Parameters

package (rpm.hdr) – RPM Header of package

Returns

Strings list of files marked as config in package

Return type

list

static is_broken_symlink(file1)

Returns true if file is broken symlink. False otherwise.

run()

Main function to proceed

show_diff(file1, file2)

Show differences between two files.

Parameters

• file1 (str) – Path to first file
• file2 (str) – Path to second file

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