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Richard Hughes 3382ad3853 hif: Fix a crash when refreshing a repo that is not enabled		2014-08-29 13:05:06 +01:00
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hif-backend.c	Use __attribute__(cleanup) to simplify memory cleanup	2014-08-27 18:19:18 +01:00
hif-backend.h	hif: Use new hawkey API for getting advisory details	2014-07-17 14:50:23 +02:00
Makefile.am	hawkey: Port to libhif and rename the backend to "Hif"	2014-05-07 15:23:50 +01:00
pk-backend-hif.c	hif: Fix a crash when refreshing a repo that is not enabled	2014-08-29 13:05:06 +01:00
README.md	hawkey: Port to libhif and rename the backend to "Hif"	2014-05-07 15:23:50 +01:00

README.md

Hif PackageKit Backend

This backend is designed to replace the yum backend in PackageKit.

It uses the following libraries:

libhif : for tieing all the libraries below together
librepo : checking and downloading repository metadata
hawkey : for depsolving
rpm : for actually installing the packages on the system

It also uses a lot of internal glue to hold all the pieces together. These have mostly been reused from the Zif project, hence all the Hif prefixes everywhere.

These are some key file locations:

/var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/ : Used to store the repository metadata
/var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/*/packages : Used for cached packages
/etc/yum.repos.d/ : the hardcoded location for .repo files
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg : the hardcoded location for the GPG signatures
$libdir/packagekit-backend/ : location of PackageKit backend objects

Things we haven't yet decided:

How to access comps data