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Createrepo_c

Createrepo_c is a C implementation of the classical Createrepo tool and simultaneously a C library for manipulation with a repodata. Createrepo_c provides Python bindings too, so could be easily used instead of yum library for certain kinds of manipulations with repodata.

Pros:

• Speed - Implementation in C has a massive positive impact to the speed.
• Compatibility - Createrepo_c tries to be as much compatible as possible (100% compatibility is goal). But there could be some little differences - Check the README.md - "Differences in behavior between createrepo_c and createrepo" for details.

Cons:

• Doesn't support deltarpm packages yet - C API for deltarpm is not available so there is no straight (proper) way to implement deltarpm support (Call an external program from a library is definitely NOT considered to be a straight way!).

Development with createrepo_c library

Createrepo_c is not only C implementation of the classical Createrepo. It is also a library providing C and Python API as well.

• Check out some example scripts which use the Createrepo_c python bindings.
• Interested in the latest reference documentation? Build the sources and use make doc to generate both, C and Python, documentation to the doc/ subdir.
• C header files are documented by the Doxygen
• Python bindings uses a Sphinx
• Thanks to this commenting approach, you have a documentation always at hand (in C header files/via python help() function)

Some specific topics

• Createrepo_c Error Reporting

Examples

Could be found at examples directory

• Python examples
• C examples - Not ready yet

Development of createrepo_c library

• TODO - My personal TODO