Fedora Security Response Team

[Josh Bressers]

> Josh Bressers wrote:
> > I just added a script which was written by Jason L Tibbitts III (it was a
> > bit help, thanks Jason).  You can see it here if you wish:
> > http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/fedora-security/tools/?root=fedora
> > 
> > Jason's original script relied on a local archive of things, this one grabs
> > what it needs remotely.  It's not the fastest thing ever, but it should be
> > good enough for now.
> > 
> > % ./package-release nmh
> > Found package nmh in owners.list:
> > <<snip>>
> >     5   1.1     18.fc5 /pub/fedora/linux/extras/5/SRPMS/nmh-1.1-18.fc5.src.rpm
> >     dev 1.1     18.fc5 /pub/fedora/linux/extras/development/SRPMS/nmh-1.1-18.fc5.src.rpm
> > 
> 
> SO how hard would it be to re-tool this script to look up things in legacy's
> repositories?  (I haven't yet looked at the script in detail...)

It shouldn't be too hard.  The bit where the file is displayed is sucked
off an ftp server.

-- 
    JB