Hi Fedorians, I've been working on a repoquerying tool called fedrq [1] that I'd like to share with you. Here's the elevator pitch: fedrq provides a friendly interface to query the Fedora repositories. It makes it really easy to query across Fedora and EPEL branches. It uses the dnf Python bindings (libdnf5 backend is almost done) and doesn't shell out to dnf repoquery. Amongst other things, fedrq allows querying for reverse dependencies, packages that contain a certain Provide or file, subpackages of an SRPM, and general package metadata. My favorite features are the easy branch switching, `fedrq subpkgs` (there's no real equivalent in dnf repoquery), and the ability to dump package metadata as JSON. The many threads about how to properly query for dependencies when doing SO name bump rebuilds and my own frustrations with dnf repoquery inspired this tool.
You can install fedrq from PyPI or from gotmax23/fedrq [2] on Copr. The EXAMPLES section of fedrq(1) [3] provides a good intro and demonstration of fedrq's functionality. The tool is very much a WIP and any feedback is appreciated. For reverse dependency rebuilds, you probably want the following command: ``` $ fedrq whatrequires -X -F source $(fedrq subpkgs SRCNAME) # equivalent $ fedrq subpkgs SRCNAME | fedrq whatrequires -X -i -F source # equivalent ``` This accounts for any package that depends on any subpackage/binary RPM produced by SRCNAME at buildtime and/or runtime, and spits out the names of the source packages that need to be rebuilt. For simple packages that output only one RPM, `fedrq whatrequires -F source PKGNAME` is sufficient. [1] https://sr.ht/~gotmax23/fedrq/ [2] https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/gotmax23/fedrq/ [3] https://gotmax23.srht.site/fedrq/fedrq.1.html#EXAMPLES -- Thanks, Maxwell G (@gotmax23) Pronouns: He/They _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
