[wpkg-users] Determining whether WPKG actions are necessary

[Stefan Pendl]

Am 17.12.2011 15:03, schrieb Kristopher Johnson:
> Rather than using the standard WPKG Client service, I am implementing
> another service that provides some user interaction. I want to be able
> to determine whether any new or updated packages are available, and if
> so, ask the user whether to install them.
>
> I am implementing my own service and accompanying UI, but I’d like to
> avoid making my own fork of wpkg.js.
>
> I have my service and the accompanying UI mostly implemented, but I’m
> not sure how to implement the “determine whether any new or updated
> packages are available”  functionality. The only way I’ve found to do
> it (without modifying wpkg.js) is to execute it with the “/dryrun”
> command-line flag and then check whether the text “Could not process”
> appears in the output. This seems to work, but seems hacky and
> brittle.
>
> Can anyone suggest a better way to do this?
>

Use the latest version of WPKG v1.3.0 and the /query switch.

To get a list of all modifications for a host use the following:

cscript.exe -Nologo wpkg.js /query:m

You just need to parse the output for the pending synchronization events.


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