Update Critpath SOP

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Description

Packagedb has information about which packages are critpath and which are not. A script that reads the yum repodata (critpath group in comps, and the package dependencies) is used to generate this. Since package dependencies change, this list should be updated periodically.

Action

1. Checkout the releng git repo:

   git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/releng
   

2. Check the script to see if the list of releases needs to be updated:

   for r in ['12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17']: # 13, 14, ...
       releasepath[r] = 'releases/%s/Everything/$basearch/os/' % r
       updatepath[r] = 'updates/%s/$basearch/' % r
   
   # Branched Fedora goes here
   branched = '18'
   

   The for loop has the version numbers for releases that have gone past final. branched has the release that's been branched from rawhide but not yet hit final. (These have different paths in the repository and may not have an updates directory, thus they're in separate sections).

3. Run the script with the release to generate info for (for a release that's hit final, this is the release number example: "17". For branched, it's "branched"):

   ./critpath.py --srpm -o critpath.txt branched
   

4. Run the update script to add that to the pkgdb:

   ./update-critpath --user toshio f18 critpath.txt
   

   The username is your fas username. You must be in cvsadmin to be able to change this. The release is given in pkgdb format (f17, f18, devel, etc). critpath.txt is the file that the output of critpath.py went into. The script will prompt for your FAS password to verify your identity with the pkgdb.