repo-rss(1)

repo-rss1

Generates an rss feed from one or more yum repositories

Usage

repo-rss [options] repoid1 [repoid2 ...]

Overview

repo-rss is a program for generating RSS feeds for one or more Yum repositories.

Options

-h, --help

Help; display a help message and then quit.

-f <file>

Specify the file to which the RSS will be written. Default is repo-rss.xml.

-l <link>

Specify the URL to the RSS feed. Default is http://yum.baseurl.org/.

-t <title>

Specify the title for the RSS feed. Default is "RSS Repository - Recent Packages".

-d <description>

Specify the description of the RSS feed. Default is "Most recent packages in Repositories".

-r <days>

Specify the number of days to consider most recent. Default is 3.

--tempcache

Enable the use of a temporary directory for the yum cache. This is enabled by default for non-root users.

Examples

Generate an RSS for the updates-released repository and save it as updates-release.xml:

repo-rss -f updates-released.xml updates-released

Files

As repo-rss uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:

/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/
/var/cache/yum/

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–10

Authors

See the Authors file included with this program.

Bugs

There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: [email protected]. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.

From yum-utils 1.1.31-4 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.