+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1005282 +++ In yum.update_md, there is a class called UpdateNotice. This class seems to be used to represent an Errata, and the Pulp project uses the xml() method in this class to generate the updateinfo.xml files when we publish Yum repositories. We are experiencing a problem in #980611 where the generated XML does not include epochs in the RPMs that are referenced by the errata. I believe it is due to a simple omission of the epoch in lines 365-372 in update_md.py. I think something like this would probably resolve our issue: msg += """ <package arch="%s" name="%s" epoch="%s" release="%s" src="%s" version="%s"> <filename>%s</filename> </package>\n""" % (to_xml(pkg['arch'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['name'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['epoch'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['release'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['src'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['version'], attrib=True), to_xml(pkg['filename'])) It may be worthwhile to consider something like ElementTree for generating this XML, though for the sake of consistency and ease, simply adding epoch to the existing code would probably be the desireable solution. Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions. --- Additional comment from Randy Barlow on 2013-09-06 11:13:37 EDT --- I forgot to mention the version of Yum that I am using (which would probably help identify the line numbers I referenced better…) $ rpm -q yum yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The above is all from the original bug that this report clones. Fedora 19 specfic information is below. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In my F19 installation, the lines that I wish to have include the Epoch are 388-395. Here is my yum version: $ rpm -q yum yum-3.4.3-106.fc19.noarch Thanks, and let me know if you need any further information!
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