Bug 2088903

Can't there be a rake script workaround for this? I was attempting to mimic the Actions::Katello::Repository::RemoveContent for a CV repo, but the best I got is:




repoid=ENV['REPOID'].to_i
pkgid=ENV['PKGIDS'].to_i

def wait_for_task(id)
  t = ForemanTasks::Task::DynflowTask.find(id)
  puts("Waiting for completion of task #{t}")
  while t.state != "stopped"
    sleep(1)
    t = ForemanTasks::Task::DynflowTask.find(id)
  end
  puts("Done.")
end

puts("repoid=#{repoid} pkgid=#{pkgid}")
repo = Katello::Repository.find(repoid)
t = ForemanTasks.async_task(::Actions::Pulp3::Orchestration::Repository::RemoveUnits, repo, SmartProxy.pulp_primary, { :contents => [pkgid], :content_unit_type => "rpm" })
wait_for_task(t.id)

content_units = Katello::Rpm.where(:id => [pkgid]).each do |content_unit|
    content_unit.remove_from_repository(repoid)
end

tt = ForemanTasks.async_task(::Actions::Katello::Repository::MetadataGenerate, repo, { :force_publication => true, :force => true, :contents_changed => true, :source_repository => repo } )
ttt = ForemanTasks.async_task(::Actions::Katello::Applicability::Repository::Regenerate, :repo_ids => [repoid])
wait_for_task(tt.id)
wait_for_task(ttt.id)





which - when called for both CV-version and CV-LE repos - should update relevant repos, but it either doesnt create Publication or doesnt update Distribution /o\

Any idea what am I doing wrongly?

Hi Pavel,

Is an 'exclude' filter on the package or erratum not an alternative?

Ian,

Adding a needinfo for you as you may have some input on comment 1.

(In reply to Brad Buckingham from comment #2)
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> Is an 'exclude' filter on the package or erratum not an alternative?

Good idea - but can we apply filters exactly to incremental updates, or to a whole new CV version?

But yes, a possible implementation in allowing filters per minor CV versions would be a solution.

Hi Pavel,

Due to the complexities of CVs and how they interact with Pulpcore repository versions, a script or updated API endpoint would need to be carefully developed.  For example, there would be difference cases depending on if the content view version was generated with filters or not because, without filters, we 'redirect' the user to the default library repos from the CV/LCE path.

I tried it myself on a CVV by commenting out the library repo check.  It looks like it's not working because a CVV repo's backend_service will point to the CVV repo's own RepositoryReference.  That RepositoryReference is only meaningful if the content view version was generated with filters (this relates to the example I just mentioned).

So, if we want this feature, I propose that we go through the whole design rather than trying to make the old code fit. There are quite a few pitfalls with the backend Pulp objects when it comes to modifying CVVs.

For now, the only option really is to generate a new content view version using filters. It won't be a proper 'incremental update' though since the copied content will come from the library repository and old filters won't be considered.

If it's really needed in an emergency sense, I think the package(s) would need to be removed from the Pulp repository directly, which would generate a new repository version. The publications / distributions would need to be updated manually along with the Katello DB.

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