RPMCONF(3)

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version 1.1.12 · 5 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 NAME 💖

rpmconf — it's the Python interface for rpmconf, bestie. Yes, the whole vibe. 🫶

Okay so real quick, the manual page header up top says rpmconf in section 3, and we're gonna fold that in right here: this is RPMCONF(3), the library-flavored side of rpmconf. The 3 means "library functions," iykyk. ✨

📦 CONTENTS 📦

🎀 class rpmconf.RpmConf(packages=None, clean=False, debug=False, selinux=False, diff=False, frontend=None, test=None, exclude=None, root=None, unattended=None)

Not me introducing the main character. 👑 This is the class. All the defaults are right there in the signature, no cap.

🌸 Parameters

  • packages (list) — only go check the config files of these specific packages, bestie. Like a guest list but for configs. 💅
  • clean (bool) — sniff out those orphaned .rpmnew and .rpmsave files and yeet them. 🧹
  • debug (bool) — dry run, gorgeous. It just shows you which files would get deleted. Nothing actually happens. It's giving "preview mode." 🔍
  • selinux (bool) — shows you the SELinux context of the old file and the new file, side by side. Slay. 🦋
  • diff (bool) — non-interactive diff mode. Lowkey so useful for auditing configs, fr fr. 📋
  • frontend (str) — tells it which frontend to use for merging. You pick the vibe. ✨
  • test (bool) — just checks whether there's actually some file to merge. That's it. That's the whole job. 🙈
  • exclude (listi) — list of directories that should be skipped entirely. Not today, directories. 💀
  • root (str) — defines an alternative installroot. Fancy. 🏠
  • unattended (str) — defines unattended mode. No humans needed, the program handles it. 🤖

💜 Variables

  • packages — list of rpm.mi
  • clean — bool
  • diff — bool
  • frontend — str
  • selinux — bool
  • debug — bool
  • logger — logging.Logger
  • root — str
  • unattended — str

✨ static flush_input(question)

Flushes stdin and then asks the question. Very demure, very mindful. 🎀

Parameters

  • question (str) — the string you wanna ask

Returns

The user string. Like, whatever they typed.

Return type

str

🌈 get_list_of_config(package)

Gets all the files marked as config in a package. All of them. Every single one. 👑

Parameters

  • package (rpm.hdr) — the RPM Header of the package

Returns

A strings list of files marked as config in the package

Return type

list

Returns true if the file is a broken symlink. False otherwise. That's the entire plot. 😭

🔥 run()

Main function to proceed. Periodt. This is the one you actually call. 💅

🌸 show_diff(file1, file2)

Shows the differences between two files. Iconic behavior honestly.

Parameters

  • file1 (str) — path to the first file
  • file2 (str) — path to the second file

🧭 Index 🧭

  • Index
  • Module Index
  • Search Page

💖 AUTHOR 💖

Miroslav Suchý, Igor Gnatenko — legends, honestly. 🫶

2015, Miroslav Suchý, Igor Gnatenko

ok so that's the whole page, bestie, every last detail preserved, nothing skipped, we ate and left no crumbs. 🍓

And for the cute sign-off: this was version 1.0.6, dated Sep 19, 2025, living in the rpmconf manual. Go forth and merge your configs responsibly. 💜✨🌈

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