On Mittwoch, 8. Oktober 2008, Thomas Reinke wrote:
> I've noticed a few scripts that are starting to use the
> RPM kb. Have these been verified to work on RPM based
> systems? The thing that tweaked when I looked over the
> code is the fact that when checking the RPM version number,
> there seems to be (in at least some cases) no checking
> what distribution one is on.
>
> RPMs are known to exist on RedHat, Fedora, Mandriva,
> TurboLinux, SuSE, Trustix (at least).
> I'm worried that these scripts might be written on the
> assumption that it is a RedHat system (with the RedHat
> numbering policy, backporting, etc.) and subsequently
> start tripping false on other distros.
>
> Note that the current gather-package-list.nasl DOES set the RPMs
> for each of the above distros.
I'd appreciate if anyone could eventually document the KB and NASL-API
for such very often used base functioanlities in the OpenVAS compendium.
Perhaps not just in the form of a reference, but also in form of a guide.
Best
Jan
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