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Description of problem:
I have developed a small patch to up2date which I would like product management to consider for inclusion in an official up2date errata.  The patch enables 3 new command-line options which are useful to all users of up2date.  These options are useful in enabling a single machine to be able to pull down RHN updates for multiple RHEL releases across multiple platforms.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
up2date-4.4.5.6-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
New command-line options:
  
1) --downloadall: This option enables the retrieveOnly flag, but sets pkgList to the entire list of packages available in a channel.  It requires the --channel option as well.

2) --systemid: This option overrides the location of the systemid file which is used when connecting to RHN.  I can have 4 systemid files (systemid-as4-i386, systemid-as4-x86_64, systemid-as3-i386, systemid-as3-x86_64) and switch between them at will on a single machine.  Of course, on my RHEL 4 machine, I have to use the --upgrade-to-release 3AS flag in order to connect to the RHEL 3 channels, but as long as my systemid files are legitimate, this works like a charm.

3) --quiet: This option currently affects the up2dataBatch.py run method.  Typically, wrapperUtils.printVerboseList is always called which prints the entire channel contents (when used with --downloadall).  This new option disables the printVerboseList.  It also disables printing the # marks when each package is downloaded in getPackages.

Examples (all run on RHEL 4 i386 host):
1) Download all RHEL 4 i386 updates
up2date --channel rhel-i386-as-4 --downloadall --systemid /var/tmp/systemid-as4-i386 --tmpdir /auto/linux/sandbox/brilong/up2date-download/rhel-i386-as-4 --force --quiet

2) Download all RHEL 4 x86_64 updates
up2date --channel rhel-x86_64-as-4 --downloadall --systemid /var/tmp/systemid-as4-x86_64 --tmpdir /auto/linux/sandbox/brilong/up2date-download/rhel-x86_64-as-4 --force --quiet --arch x86_64-redhat-linux

3) Download all RHEL 3 i386 updates
up2date --channel rhel-i386-as-3 --downloadall --systemid /var/tmp/systemid-as3-i386 --tmpdir /auto/linux/sandbox/brilong/up2date-download/rhel-i386-as-3 --upgrade-to-release 3AS --force --quiet

4) Download all RHEL 3 x86_64 updates
up2date --channel rhel-x86_64-as-3 --downloadall --systemid /var/tmp/systemid-as3-x86_64 --tmpdir /auto/linux/sandbox/brilong/up2date-download2/rhel-x86_64-as-3 --upgrade-to-release 3AS --quiet --arch x86_64-redhat-linux

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